Ageeed, and the RFC4180 you are referring to also specifies how to escape newlines.
CSV is a simple storage format for data. Its simplicity, readability and portability makes it popular. I think that any attempt to improve it will be a failure.
I must say that CSV generally suffices for table data. The only annoyance is that internationally, there are differences in the use of the column separator, as the comma is often used as decimal separator.
I think CSV should always be implemented with a comma as column separator and a dot as decimal separator, regardless of the country. But applications such as Excel do not accept this format internationally.
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Ageeed, and the RFC4180 you are referring to also specifies how to escape newlines.
CSV is a simple storage format for data. Its simplicity, readability and portability makes it popular. I think that any attempt to improve it will be a failure.
I must say that CSV generally suffices for table data. The only annoyance is that internationally, there are differences in the use of the column separator, as the comma is often used as decimal separator. I think CSV should always be implemented with a comma as column separator and a dot as decimal separator, regardless of the country. But applications such as Excel do not accept this format internationally.