CSV stands for comma separated values and is a common file format for simple spreadsheet and database transfer between applications.
A CSV file consists of numbers and textual labels, with fields separated by commas and lines by a line separator. The following line demonstrates most of the characteristics of CSV format:
"textstring1", |
123.456, |
"text""string2", |
7.8E9, |
"text,string3" |
{LS} |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
text"string2
.E
and lower-case e
being acceptable.LF
, CR
, CR-LF
or LF-CR
) may be saved with the file.