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> any objection to using this format How do I edit the data file in a text editor? More generally, how do I edit the entire data file, including field/record/
by a1369209993 4y ago
> any objection to using this format
How do I edit the data file in a text editor?
More generally, how do I edit the entire data file, including field/record/etc seperators, in a editor that can display only characters that are valid content of data fields?
(Not that CSV (barring de-facto-nonstandard extensions like rfc4180's `"b CRLF bb"` and `"b""bb"`) is any good for this either, of course.)
- CRConrad 4y ago> > any objection to using this format > How do I edit the data file in a text editor? Use a non-sucky text editor. For example, AFAICR NotePad++ displays those characters. Windows doesn't have any ultra-easy way to input them, but within NP++ you can copy-paste them.
- a1369209993 4y ago> For example, AFAICR NotePad++ displays those characters. Great! Now go back to the other half of the requirement: how do I store all characters that NotePad++ displays in the content of a data field?
- CRConrad 4y agoThese delimiters, you mean? You don't. They're delimiters, they never go in a field. Bam, problem solved. (Or rather, problem didn't exist in the first place.)
- mro_name 4y agoindeed, if the text editor doesn't care, it's no help. Same for all other characters - be it tab, cr, lf, crlf, ä, and so on. Choose your tools wisely, I'm not aware the situation.