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Subject:	RE: CSV delimiters
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Date:	Sat, 23 Sep 2000 06:27:13 GMT
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Todd Lehman writes: > Is there any "official" or "reasonably standardized format" for > CSV (_C_omma _S_eparated _V_alue) data? Sorry, I can't help. And I hate the way Excel outputs in plain text. But since it's 2:30 in the morning, I'll make useless comments. Sounds like you're working on the question I asked...augh, and I just entered all the sets manually. Oh well, I was bored anyway. :P --Bram Bram Lambrecht BXL34@po.cwru.edu http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/

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		Re: CSV delimiters
(...) I hate it too. IIRC, Excel uses "" instead of \" for an escaped " -- but I could be wrong. I just remember hating it once when I looked at it. :) One nice thing, though, is that Excel can import tab-delimited text, so that's it's saving grace. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)

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		CSV delimiters
Is there any "official" or "reasonably standardized format" for CSV (_C_omma _S_eparated _V_alue) data? I guess it's pretty obvious, mostly, but how are the delimiter characters typically encoded (specifically: comma, double-quote, and newline)? In (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)

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