From: Paul T. <pau...@gm...> - 2011-10-17 21:58:24
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On 10/17/11 5:53 PM, Alan G Isaac wrote: > On 10/17/2011 5:44 PM, Paul Tremblay wrote: >> everyone understands that CSV means a file separated by delimeters chosen by the user. > > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180#page-2 (point 4) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delimiter-separated_values > > (I did not write the Wikipedia entry.) > And from your own link: " Any character or sequence of characters may be used to separate the values, but the most common delimiters are the comma <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_%28punctuation%29>, tab <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_stop>, and colon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_%28punctuation%29>.^[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delimiter-separated_values#cite_note-artofunix-0> ^[2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delimiter-separated_values#cite_note-1> The vertical bar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_bar> (also referred to as /pipe/) and space <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_%28punctuation%29> are also sometimes used." And you still want to insist on a meaning not accepted by anyone else? Maybe you should write your own dictionary. Paul^<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delimiter-separated_values#cite_note-artofunix-0> |