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A '''CSV''' (Comma Separated Values) file contains tabular data (such as found in spreadsheets or databases) in a simple text format. As the name suggests each value is separated from the next by a comma.
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A '''CSV''' (Comma Separated Values) file contains tabular data (such as found in spreadsheets or databases) in a simple text format. Each value is separated from the next by a comma. Each line is a record and the commas separate the fields or columns.  For example:


First name, Last name, Address, City, State
Sally, Smith, 234 A Street, Town, Peace
George, Smithe, 999 Last Lane, Hamlet, Denial
Dim, Witt, By-the-Either, Wave, Outback
These files can be created, viewed and edited with software such as Microsoft Excel, Open Office  Calc or, if done with care, any simple text editor.
These files can be created, viewed and edited with software such as Microsoft Excel, Open Office  Calc or, if done with care, any simple text editor.


== See Also ==
== See also ==


* [[Upload users]]
* [[Flat file]] enrolment
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values Wikipedia article on the CSV file format]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values Wikipedia article on the CSV file format]
* [http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC011801181033&CTT=6&Origin=RP011801171033 Microsoft help tutorial on importing CSV file data into Excel]
* [http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC011801181033&CTT=6&Origin=RP011801171033 Microsoft help tutorial on importing CSV file data into Excel]
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Latest revision as of 15:22, 11 February 2013

A CSV (Comma Separated Values) file contains tabular data (such as found in spreadsheets or databases) in a simple text format. Each value is separated from the next by a comma. Each line is a record and the commas separate the fields or columns. For example:

First name, Last name, Address, City, State
Sally, Smith, 234 A Street, Town, Peace
George, Smithe, 999 Last Lane, Hamlet, Denial
Dim, Witt, By-the-Either, Wave, Outback

These files can be created, viewed and edited with software such as Microsoft Excel, Open Office Calc or, if done with care, any simple text editor.

See also