# Kirupa.com - Parsing External Array Data

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-parsing-external-array-data/352983>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [November 23, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-parsing-external-array-data/352983 "2014-11-23T12:42:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-parsing-external-array-data/352983/1 "2014-11-23T12:42:11Z")

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There are several tutorials in this site that cover how to load data from an external location. But, there are no tutorials on this site that discuss how to format and process your data for any use greater than displaying them as a string in a textField.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/external\_array.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/external_array.htm)