Script Character Count

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DOS
April 16, 2010 at 04:25:08
Specs: Windows XP
I am a novice in scripting, but would like help in creating a batch script that will help me clean some data.
Basically i have data in a flat file, where by the field are seperated by pipes. Each line in the dat file represent a specific client. In Each line there should be 50 fields delimited by a pipe.
e.g
001|DOG|Rascal|Brown|Whisky||2007|Y||||
002|CAT|Pat|White||2000|Y|Disk|SE5 6NZ||MALE|||

I know there should be 50 fields, thus 49 Pipes. I have come accross instances where some lines have less fields or more that 50 fields.

I would like to carry out some data cleansing so I need a script that will count the pipes and tell me which line falls short, or over shoots the 49 Pipes. It would ideally output to a .txt file the findings, ie

Line 3, 47 pipes
Line 234, 56 pipes
etc

So far had use the script below but it gives me the total pipes in the file.

@echo off & setLocal EnableDELAYedExpansion

set /p str= < pam.dat
set /p C=char to count ? :
set N=

:loop
if !str:~0^,1! equ !C! (
set /a N+=1
)
if "!str:~1!" neq "" (
set str=!str:~1!
goto :loop
)

echo !N!> result.txt
Thanks


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April 16, 2010 at 17:50:10
@echo off & setLocal EnableDELAYedeXpansion

set L=
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (my.psv) do (
  set /a L+=1
  set S=%%a
  call :sub1
  echo.line !L! has !P! pipes
)

goto :eof

:sub1

set P=
  :loop
    if "!S:~0,1!" equ "|" set /a P+=1
      if "!S:~1!" neq "" (
        set S=!S:~1!
        goto :loop
      )
goto :eof


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