Re: formatting columns

2001-08-06 Thread Eric Wisti
On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Chirag Patel wrote: > Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 12:30:12 -0700 > From: Chirag Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: formatting columns > > Hello, > > I have some d

Re: formatting columns

2001-08-06 Thread Chris Garringer
Excel should only see the \t character. It sounds as though the \t is not being picked up correctly. Have you tried a comma delimiter? It not Perl, but I have had better luck with comma or semi-colon delimiters with Excel. Chris D. Garringer LAN/WAN Manager Master Certified Netware Engineer

formatting columns

2001-08-06 Thread Chirag Patel
Hello, I have some data in a matrix from the linux world; I am attempting to construct columns from the matrix and output them to a file, which later needs to be opened in Microsoft Excel to be manipulated. Right now I am making the columns using "\t" as a delimiter. If the number of columns re