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Re: realtime output and csv files

From Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: realtime output and csv files
Date 2016-02-05 17:12 -0500
Message-ID <mailman.25.1454710365.2317.python-list@python.org> (permalink)
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On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com
> wrote:

> On 02/05/2016 07:43 PM, Joel Goldstick wrote:
>
>> print("%d, %2d:%2d, %.1f" % (1,10,24,20.4))
>>>>>
>>>> 1, 10:24, 20.4
>>
>
> Let us be more careful there. Although CSV has no formal specification
> (according to the IETF), *those spaces are not good*.
>
> It is **very unlikely** that they will cause issues, but 1,10:24,20.4 is
> *safer* and - to my eyes - better CSV.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if a parser treated a value as text only because
> it has spaces on it.
>
> For OP, if you are going for this, I - personally - suggest sticking to
> "%d,%2d:%2d,%.1f".


Good point!

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realtime output and csv files lucan <lucan@NNN.it> - 2016-02-05 20:49 +0100
  Re: realtime output and csv files Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 17:57 -0200
    Re: realtime output and csv files lucan <lucan@NNN.it> - 2016-02-05 22:09 +0100
      Re: realtime output and csv files Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 19:13 -0200
      Re: realtime output and csv files Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 16:43 -0500
      Re: realtime output and csv files Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 19:51 -0200
        Re: realtime output and csv files lucan <lucan@NNN.it> - 2016-02-06 14:40 +0100
      Re: realtime output and csv files Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2016-02-05 17:12 -0500
  Re: realtime output and csv files Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-02-05 22:27 -0600
  Re: realtime output and csv files Bernardo Sulzbach <mafagafogigante@gmail.com> - 2016-02-06 02:53 -0200
  Re: realtime output and csv files Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-02-06 06:45 -0600

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