Hi All,

I want to create a comma-delimited file so that it can be opened in
Excel.

However, since some items contain comma, I fear that they may be split
into separate columns because it's comma-delimited.

Any suggestion to not to split a single item that contains comma?

Thanks!

-Emily

could ou make it tab separated file instead of a csv?

"Emily" wrote in message
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Hi All,

I want to create a comma-delimited file so that it can be opened in
Excel.

However, since some items contain comma, I fear that they may be split
into separate columns because it's comma-delimited.

Any suggestion to not to split a single item that contains comma?

Thanks!

-Emily

Makes no sense to create a comma delimited file while the data contain
commas. Use another delimiter.
Joerg

Enclose any values with commas in quotes.

23,45,"A comma, here",hjk,89

Tim

"Emily" wrote in message
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Hi All,

I want to create a comma-delimited file so that it can be opened in
Excel.

However, since some items contain comma, I fear that they may be split
into separate columns because it's comma-delimited.

Any suggestion to not to split a single item that contains comma?

Thanks!

-Emily

stevebriz wrote:
could ou make it tab separated file instead of a csv?

If not csv, what file extension (type) shall I save it as?

I tried using tabs and saved as csv, it seems that they show in squares
in the Excel file and all of them are in a single cell.

-Emily

Thanks Tim! You have solved my problem!

-Emily