Comma delimited data is perhaps the simplest way of representing a table of information. Many applications that export data will produce a CSV file, allowing for simple and fast extraction of data. However, despite the fact that CSV is a common format, it is not standardized. Reading and writing may also seem simple, but there are sticking points, such as how to handle commas and line returns that occur in the data itself. Wouldn’t it be nice to have tools to deal with CSV data? Legato does.
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