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- %OP%VS4.13 (28-Apr-92), Gerald L Fitton, R4000 5966 9904 9938
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- %OP%WC1026,2262,192,1744,0,0,0,0
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- %C%Loading CSV Files
- %C%by Bill Mapleson
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- CSV Mapleson
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- [I'm sure that, at one time or another, you will have wanted to load a
- 'CSV' format file into PipeDream - Bill Mapleson's findings are - GLF]
-
- 1. If the file contains double quotes (e.g. "a b","c","b20",
- "123456") and I drag it into an existing PipeDream Sheet,
- it goes in as text, even if the Options are set to "Number".
-
- 2. If the file does not contain double quotes, dragging it
- into an open sheet puts it all in column A.
-
- 3. If I make the file TSV (tab separated value) instead of
- CSV (comma separated value), but without double quotes,
- dragging it into an open Sheet, produces text, even if
- the Options are set to "Number".
-
- 4. If I open a menu over an empty sheet, in which I have set
- options to "Text", and select "Load" and "Auto" (of a CSV
- file without double quotes), PipeDream opens a new sheet,
- and puts each line, with its commas, into column A.
-
- 5. If I open a menu over an empty sheet, in which I have set
- options to "Text", and select "Load" and "CSV" (of a CSV
- file without double quotes), PipeDream opens a new sheet,
- with the default options which, in my present set up,
- include "Number" - with the result that the data goes
- into the right columns but B20 is interpreted as a slot
- reference and 123456 is interpreted as a number.
-
- 6. If I open a menu over an empty sheet, in which I have set
- options to "Text", and select "Load" and "Auto" (of a CSV
- file with double quotes), PipeDream opens a new sheet,
- with the default options ("Number") but the data goes
- into the right columns as text.
-
- 7. If a CSV file has double quotes on some items and not on
- others it seems that, with either dragging or loading,
- PipeDream "tries" to guess what I intended - but doesn't
- always read my mind correctly!
-
- However, it seems clear that consistent use of either double quotes or
- tabs forces text entry, whatever the Options setting.
-
- W W Mapleson
- 1 Padarn Close
- CARDIFF
- CF2 6ER
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- 30th September 1993
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