14.1 Tab-delimited format (spreadsheets)
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This article is from the Spreadsheets FAQ, by Russell Schulz casfaq@locutus.ofB.ORG with numerous contributions by others.
14.1 Tab-delimited format (spreadsheets)
Stores: Values
this is generally an excellent format, except that it can be
corrupted easily by any text manipulator (including editors
and e-mail systems) that remove or add tabs, and it uses
non-printable characters that may not have an equivalent in
non-ASCII character sets. also, it tends to have long lines,
which may cause further problems.
each column is separated by ASCII tabs (9). each row is separated
by local end-of-line, most commonly ASCII LF (10), ASCII CR (13),
or ASCII CRLF pair (13,10).
e.g.,
First[TAB]Second[TAB]3[TAB]Fourth, and Second-Last[TAB]Fifth
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