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CSV not parsed into columns despite Get Data delimiter set
My Excel does not parse CSV file correctly. The separator is comma (,). Even if I use the Get Data tool and set the delimiter there to be COMMA I still get everything in one column. Obviously, I want...
I found a solution.
Another function in the same menu - Text to Columns.
This one processed the comma separator correctly. Hurray.
Filip, good to know you found the way. However, in general it could be interesting to understand why Get Data doesn't work. Perhaps some special non-printable symbols at the beginning of the file which Text to Columns definitely ignores, perhaps something else.
SergeiBaklan i have my regional setting set to comma but when i open a cvs file it wont sparce into columns...i can do the text to columns to solve this but then when i save as csv comma delimited it saves with semicolon delimeter..what sould be wrong? thanks