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| From | alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: issue with CVS module |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| References | <nbv71v$1fj8$1@gioia.aioe.org> <mailman.6.1457730962.12893.python-list@python.org> <nbvd5b$1rak$2@gioia.aioe.org> |
| Message-ID | <oCREy.1473073$wX5.813049@fx40.am4> (permalink) |
| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2016-03-12 09:49 +0000 |
On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:26:02 -0500, Fillmore wrote: > On 3/11/2016 4:15 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> >> https://docs.python.org/3/library/csv.html#csv.Dialect.doublequote >> >> > thanks, but my TSV is not using any particular dialect as far as I > understand... > > Thank you, anyway Every variation of a language/format is a dialect even if (at present) there is only one. CSV/TSV has many - (TSV is simply a dialect of CSV or vice versa) you also have the variable of quoting (as you have found) and line separation (which may or may not be an issue) Whenever you are processing an external file it is essential to know the exact format it is using to avoid errors -- So, you better watch out! You better not cry! You better not pout! I'm telling you why, Santa Claus is coming, to town. He knows when you've been sleeping, He know when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good, He has ties with the CIA. So...
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issue with CVS module Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-03-11 14:41 -0500
Re: issue with CVS module Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2016-03-11 15:05 -0500
Re: issue with CVS module Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-03-11 15:32 -0500
Re: issue with CVS module mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> - 2016-03-11 21:04 +0000
Re: issue with CVS module Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-03-12 08:13 +1100
Re: issue with CVS module Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-03-11 15:49 -0500
Re: issue with CVS module MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-03-11 21:14 +0000
Re: issue with CVS module Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-03-11 16:23 -0500
Re: issue with csv module (subject module name spelling correction, too) "Martin A. Brown" <martin@linux-ip.net> - 2016-03-11 13:20 -0800
Re: issue with CVS module Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-11 21:15 +0000
Re: issue with CVS module Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-03-11 16:26 -0500
Re: issue with CVS module alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-03-12 09:49 +0000
Re: issue with CVS module Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-03-11 16:29 -0500
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