#!/usr/pkg/bin/perl

#
# dbcolsplittocols.pm
# Copyright (C) 1991-2018 by John Heidemann <johnh@isi.edu>
#
# This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general
# public license, version 2.  See the file COPYING
# in $dblibdir for details.
#


=head1 NAME

dbcolsplittocols - split an existing column into multiple new columns

=head1 SYNOPSIS

dbcolsplittocols [-E] [-C ElementSeparator] column

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Create new columns by splitting an existing column.
The fragments of the column are each divided by ElementSeparator
(default is underscore).

This command is the opposite of dbcolmerge.
Names of the new columns are given by splitting the name
of the existing column.  dbcolrename may be useful
to set column names.


=head1 OPTIONS

=over 4

=item B<-C S> or B<--element-separator S>

Specify the separator I<S> used to join columns.
Usually a signle character, it can also be a regular expression
(so, for example, [,_] matches either , or _ as an element separator.)
(Defaults to a single underscore.)

=item B<-E> or B<--enumerate>

Enumerate output columns: rather than assuming the column name uses
the element separator, we keep it whole and fill in with indexes
starting from 0.
(Not currently implemented, but planned.  See
L<dbcolsplittorows>.)

=item B<-N> on B<--new-name>

Specify the names of the new columns
as a I<space> separated list.
(Default is to apply the separator to the name of the column that is being split.)

By default, column C<a_b> will split to columns a and b.
If the column is given as ab with option C<-N 'a b'>, 
one will get the same result.

=item B<-E> or B<--enumerate>

Enumerate output columns: rather than assuming the column name uses
the element separator, we keep it whole and fill in with indexes
starting from 0.
(Not currently implemented, but planned.  See
L<dbcolsplittorows>.)

=back

=for comment
begin_standard_fsdb_options

This module also supports the standard fsdb options:

=over 4

=item B<-d>

Enable debugging output.

=item B<-i> or B<--input> InputSource

Read from InputSource, typically a file name, or C<-> for standard input,
or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.

=item B<-o> or B<--output> OutputDestination

Write to OutputDestination, typically a file name, or C<-> for standard output,
or (if in Perl) a IO::Handle, Fsdb::IO or Fsdb::BoundedQueue objects.

=item B<--autorun> or B<--noautorun>

By default, programs process automatically,
but Fsdb::Filter objects in Perl do not run until you invoke
the run() method.
The C<--(no)autorun> option controls that behavior within Perl.

=item B<--header> H

Use H as the full Fsdb header, rather than reading a header from
then input.

=item B<--help>

Show help.

=item B<--man>

Show full manual.

=back

=for comment
end_standard_fsdb_options


=head1 SAMPLE USAGE

=head2 Input:

    #fsdb      first_last
    John_Heidemann
    Greg_Johnson
    Root
    # this is a simple database
    #  | dbcolrename fullname first_last
    #  | /home/johnh/BIN/DB/dbcol first_last

=head2 Command:

    cat data.fsdb | dbcolsplittocols first_last

=head2 Output:

    #fsdb      first_last      first   last
    John_Heidemann  John    Heidemann
    Greg_Johnson    Greg    Johnson
    Root    Root
    # this is a simple database
    #  | dbcolrename fullname first_last
    #  | /home/johnh/BIN/DB/dbcol first_last
    #  | /home/johnh/BIN/DB/dbcolsplittocols first_last

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<Fsdb(3)>.
L<dbcolmerge(1)>.
L<dbcolsplittorows(1)>.
L<dbcolrename(1)>.


=cut


# WARNING: This code is derived from dbcolsplittocols.pm; that is the master copy.

use Fsdb::Filter::dbcolsplittocols;
my $f = new Fsdb::Filter::dbcolsplittocols(@ARGV);
$f->setup_run_finish;  # or could just --autorun
exit 0;


=head1 AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1991-2018 by John Heidemann <johnh@isi.edu>

This program is distributed under terms of the GNU general
public license, version 2.  See the file COPYING
with the distribution for details.

=cut

1;
