;csv: correction, that field equality trick was just a fluke

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Simon Michael 2020-05-09 15:37:11 -07:00
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@ -893,17 +893,3 @@ use to parse input files. When all files have been read successfully,
the transactions are passed as input to whichever hledger command the the transactions are passed as input to whichever hledger command the
user specified. user specified.
## Regular expression tricks
### Testing that two fields have the same value
```csv
2020-01-01,different,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
2020-01-01,same ,3,4,5,6,7,7,9
```
```rules
fields date,description,_,amount,_,_
# skip first 6 fields, then match if the next two fields are the same
if ^([^,]*,){6}([^,]*),\7
comment fields 7 and 8 have the same value
```