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- From: macq@miguel.llnl.gov (Don MacQueen)
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- Subject: Re: Comma delimited output file
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- Date: 31 Jul 92 15:39:51 GMT
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- I agree with Howard Schreier that the presence of the desired
- delimiter character within a text string presents a
- problem (on input as well as output).
-
- For the other software to which I occasionally need
- to export data, the standard delimiter is the tab
- character, in which case Howard's example, reproduced
- below, is not a problem. I would claim that tabs within
- a text string are very rare in SAS applications, so that
- for me the simple delimiter option is adequate.
-
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- Howard's example:
-
- var1 (numeric): 126
- var2 (character): O'Hara, Adam
- var3 (numeric): 621
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