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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Program to create csv file and write into it |
| Date | 2016-12-11 01:27 -0800 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnfuluvms9.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
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Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> (1) Yes, I have not repeated my goal here; I should have.
> I am planning to:
> # take a few excel spreadsheets, which contain financial statements;
> convert them into csv format
The obvious way to generate an Excel spreadsheet to CSV format is to use
Excel to save the file in that format. (You might need to set a few
options to be sure you're getting the right format.) Writing a C
program to read the .xls binary format is possible in principle, but
it's not not, in my opinion, either practical or necessary; the format
is, if I'm not mistaken, insanely complicated.
Which means that you *don't* need to write C code to generate as CSV
file (which is what much of this thread has been about).
> # read data from those csv files using C language
That's certainly feasible. (There are existing libraries that will do
that for you, but of course that doesn't help if your goal is to learn
how to write the code yourself.) But again, you need to be able to
*read* CSV files, but you don't need to be able to *write* them.
> # process that data (a few functions) to compute pro forma financial
> statements,
[snip]
That sounds feasible, but I don't know enough about financial statements
to comment further. (I presume there's a well defined format you're
aiming for.)
[...]
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
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Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-10 09:30 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-10 20:42 +0000
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-12-10 15:56 -0500
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-10 21:08 +0000
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-10 23:48 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-11 00:01 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-11 01:12 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-11 01:27 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 04:50 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2016-12-11 09:42 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 00:13 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-12 08:34 +0000
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 00:50 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-12 09:02 +0000
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 02:52 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-12 10:59 +0000
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 03:23 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it mx2927 <mx2927@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 20:44 +0100
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 23:57 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2016-12-12 01:06 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 11:39 +0000
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 04:47 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 14:43 +0000
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 00:56 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2016-12-11 09:38 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 00:44 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-12 08:48 +0000
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2016-12-12 01:19 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 02:30 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Manfred <noname@invalid.add> - 2016-12-12 15:10 +0100
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-12 12:35 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-10 14:29 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2016-12-10 23:57 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-12-11 00:33 -0800
Re: Program to create csv file and write into it Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-11 01:19 -0800
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