Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> On 04/26/2012 02:41 PM, PhilipNienhuis [via Octave] wrote:
>> Timothy Field wrote
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:24 PM, forkandwait [via Octave]<
>
>> As to .csv:
>> The latest io package release has csv2cell, which seems to be able to
>> read mixed numeric/text info in .csv files (a known stumbling block for
>> many other .csv reading functions). In addition it is *much* faster then
>> many other text read functions.
>> While csv2cell doesn't depend on Java, it is a compiled function, so I
>> think you'd need some sort of development framework anyway.
>> Hopefully the OSX gurus jump in to explain how to proceed.
>
> Just a brief comment on saving spreadsheet data as CSV. The thing to be
> careful of is when your data might be text fields with commas. For
> example, a field like
>
> Sebald, Daniel
>
> could throw off the csv2cell routine so that fields are misaligned.
csv2cell has a PROT parameter:
<QUOTE>
-- Loadable Function: C = csv2cell (FILE, SEP, PROT)
Read a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file and convert it into a
cell array. SEP (a character value) changes the character used to
separate two fields. The default value is a comma (`,'). PROT
(character value) changes the character used to protect a string.
</QUOTE>
I'd suppose it is meant for exactly that situation.
Philip
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