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Wouldn't it be wonderful if we actually used ASCII as it was designed? Oct Dec Hex Char ---------------------------------------- 034 28
by chasil 5y ago
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we actually used ASCII as it was designed?
Oct Dec Hex Char
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034 28 1C FS (file separator)
035 29 1D GS (group separator)
036 30 1E RS (record separator)
037 31 1F US (unit separator)
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- svieira 5y agoThe problem with this is the same problem that CSV has to solve though - there's no escape character specified in ASCII so you can't have a unit that contains any of these 4 characters or else you'll break the parser.