Because the comma is a field delimiter, then when a field includes it, is delimited by " to prevent its division.
On Jue, 28 de Septiembre de 2006, 6:38 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There is probably a simple answer for this, but I am importing a tab > delimitted text file into my program. It reads things items in the columns > of the > original spreadsheet as "Boston" or "3.4". But on a column where I have > "Jones, > Jim", it inputs it with double quotes around it. This is what I see : > > > Boston 3.4 "Jones, Jim" > Chicago 4.1 "Smith, Steve" > Omaha 3.7 "Adams, Art" > > Does anyone know why the double quotes appear when there is a comma? Is > this > the fault of Excel for somehow making different formats in the columns? > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
