How to save text as CSV which also contains commas?
How can I save a data file in CSV format when one of the fields contains
commas? |
How to save text as CSV which also contains commas?
"V.R." wrote in message
... How can I save a data file in CSV format when one of the fields contains commas? By default, Excel will include double quotes round the contents of such field, and when importing the csv file it will treat the double quotes as text delimiters. Save it as CSV, then look at the CSV file with something like Notepad. -- David Biddulph |
How to save text as CSV which also contains commas?
Thanks David.
Opening the file in notepad looks fine. But, what about if I want to see the data as an excel sheet. Extra commas in a field shows me extra column. Isn't there a way to avoid this? "David Biddulph" wrote: "V.R." wrote in message ... How can I save a data file in CSV format when one of the fields contains commas? By default, Excel will include double quotes round the contents of such field, and when importing the csv file it will treat the double quotes as text delimiters. Save it as CSV, then look at the CSV file with something like Notepad. -- David Biddulph |
How to save text as CSV which also contains commas?
"V.R." wrote in message
... "David Biddulph" wrote: "V.R." wrote in message ... How can I save a data file in CSV format when one of the fields contains commas? By default, Excel will include double quotes round the contents of such field, and when importing the csv file it will treat the double quotes as text delimiters. Save it as CSV, then look at the CSV file with something like Notepad. Thanks David. Opening the file in notepad looks fine. But, what about if I want to see the data as an excel sheet. Extra commas in a field shows me extra column. Isn't there a way to avoid this? It shouldn't show you the extra column when it reimports. It doesn't for me. It might be worth trying renaming the file as a txt rather than csv, then if you open the file from within Excel you'll hopefully get the wizard & will be able to ensure that you've got the delimiter set as comma and the text qualifier as a double quote. In a recent thread, one contributor was having problems because the double quote wasn't immediately after the comma (so it was necessary to get rid of the extraneous spaces before reimporting), or if there were double quotes within the text field, but in general it should be OK. -- David Biddulph |
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