Re: Converting EBCDIC to CSV

There's an annoying gotcha with .csv's - MS Excel doesn't conform. They only
put double quotes around strings if the string contains commas or double
quotes:

123.45,Jim Langston,"Conex Global Logistics Services, Inc.",789

From: Jim Langston <jlangston@conexfreight.com>
> To expand, comma separated variable, or CSV, is a recognized way of
> transferring data between different programs.  The general format is, all
> fields are trimmed (trailing blanks removed), strings are enclosed in
double
> quotes (") and commas are inserted between fields.  So, for a record that
> contained:
>
> 123.45    Jim Langston     Conex Global Logistics Services, Inc.    789
>
> the CSV line would look like:
>
> 123.45,"Jim Langston","Conex Global Logistics Services, Inc.",789
>
> Excel will import from and export to CSV, as will Access and other
programs.


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