Re: TSV and CSV

[Martin Dowie <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>]

Bj�rn Persson wrote:
> CSV works as long as there are no commas in the data fields, but commas 
> can occur in text fields, and comma is also the decimal sign in large 
> parts of the world (and preferred in ISO documents, I hear). TSV works 
> in these cases, as there's usually no need to allow tabs in the fields. 
> (If you find that you want tabs inside the data fields, then it's 
> probably time to look for a more sophisticated file format � perhaps XML 
> based.)

If you want commas in the data fields, simply wrap the data fields in 
quotes, e.g.

"1","alpha, beta, gamma","foo"

-- Martin