Working in clinical trial data processing I receive data in 1 of 3 formats: csv, sas datasets, image scans of pdf pages showing spreadsheets Of these 3 option

Working in clinical trial data processing I receive data in 1 of 3 formats: csv, sas datasets, image scans of pdf pages showing spreadsheets Of these 3 options sas datasets are my preference but I'll immediately convert to csv or excel, csv is a close 2nd once you confirm the quoting / seperator conventions it's very easy to parse. I understand why someone may find the csv format disagreeable but in my experience the alternatives can be so much worse I don't worry too much about csv files