FileAnalysis

Analyses a file and generates a character count.

Key	Value(s)	Description
method	"FileAnalysis"	Analyses a file and generates a character count.
binary	true/false	Optional. Default = false. If true, a binary comparison of the file will be done. Use this if control Characters need to be counted (i.e., ASCII 0,10,13)
filename	"Filename"	Required. Name and path of file to analyse.
sampleSize	N	Optional. Default = 0. If sampleSize = 0, all data is examined.

Use this method to pre-process a file, or to examine a file that is not loading correctly.

{
  "method": "FileAnalysis"
  "binary":true
  "filename":"e:/tmp/ods_f_entity_summary_minus_1.txt"
  "sampleSize":0
}

Sample Output

[
  [
    1, // ASCII character: SOH (Start of Heading, non-printable control character)
    21180602076 // Count: 21,180,602,076 occurrences
  ],
  [
    9, // ASCII character: TAB (Horizontal Tab, non-printable control character)
    3 // Count: 3 occurrences
  ],
  [
    10, // ASCII character: LF (Line Feed, non-printable control character, newline)
    450651108 // Count: 450,651,108 occurrences
  ],
  [
    25, // ASCII character: EM (End of Medium, non-printable control character)
    4 // Count: 4 occurrences
  ],
  [
    26, // ASCII character: SUB (Substitute, non-printable control character)
    19 // Count: 19 occurrences
  ],
  [
    32, // ASCII character: Space (printable character, ' ')
    1246832781 // Count: 1,246,832,781 occurrences
  ],
  [
    33, // ASCII character: ! (Exclamation mark, printable character)
    76361 // Count: 76,361 occurrences
  ],
  [
    34, // ASCII character: " (Quotation mark, printable character)
    47100 // Count: 47,100 occurrences
  ]
]