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Excel CSV file format issue...

Scenario: You have two columns in Excel. ColumnA contains 20 or so items, and
ColumnB only contains 1 item.
If you save it as a CSV file and view it in NOTEPAD or some other text
editor, the commas will stop being applied after the 16th row:

ColumnA,ColumnB
123455,0
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455
123455
123455
123455
123455
123455

Which makes it useless really if you are using another program that reads
comma-delimited files.

Is this a Bug?

Any ideas?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=77295
Column Delimiters Missing in Spreadsheet Saved as Text

If you need the comma, maybe you can just put ="" in the empty cells in column
B.

netjim66 wrote:

Scenario: You have two columns in Excel. ColumnA contains 20 or so items, and
ColumnB only contains 1 item.
If you save it as a CSV file and view it in NOTEPAD or some other text
editor, the commas will stop being applied after the 16th row:

ColumnA,ColumnB
123455,0
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455,
123455
123455
123455
123455
123455
123455

Which makes it useless really if you are using another program that reads
comma-delimited files.

Is this a Bug?

Any ideas?

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Dave Peterson