How do I split text at tab? I am using "\t" now and it is not working

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Carlos Oliveira

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Jul 24, 2017, 4:56:13 PM7/24/17
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How do I split text at tab? I am using "\t" now and it is not working

Abraham Getzler

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Jul 24, 2017, 8:32:56 PM7/24/17
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You can use a trick of the Web component to generate a tab character.
See attached.

No actual web access is needed, just the blocks.

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Evan Patton

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Jul 25, 2017, 9:07:12 AM7/25/17
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Another possible solution (although less obvious what's happening) is to copy and paste a tab character from a text editor like Notepad into your text block. Because it is whitespace it will look like any other empty text block. I will look into why the "\t" doesn't work because it would have been my first intuition as well.

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Abraham Getzler

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Jul 25, 2017, 9:27:59 AM7/25/17
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Evan Patton

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Jul 25, 2017, 1:29:06 PM7/25/17
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I have a fix for this working now. It should be out in the next release.

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Abraham Getzler

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Jul 25, 2017, 1:37:04 PM7/25/17
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You must have dived deep to find where this conversion happens.
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