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Yes, pipe-delimited format is great, and much easier to parse than comma-delimited. Tab-delimited is also better than comma-delimited, I think. Commas just ha
by kyllo 14y ago
Yes, pipe-delimited format is great, and much easier to parse than comma-delimited.
Tab-delimited is also better than comma-delimited, I think.
Commas just have far too high a probability of appearing within the data itself, and when you hit a comma that was supposed to be escaped, it adds an extra column to the row, screwing everything up.
- jleader 14y agoTabs are great, until you try to explain to a non-programmer why your tool doesn't parse their file correctly, even though in the word-processor they're using as a text editor it looks identical to another file that parses correctly.