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Mixed quoted/unquoted fields mishandled in read_dsv #18

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Tab-delimited files from Outlook enclose fields in quotes only if the field 
contains something that needs quoting, e.g. other quotes, spaces, etc.

Example:

Test\t"Test 2"

Expected output:
"Test","Test 2"

Actual Output:
"Test,"""Test 2"""

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mela...@t-data.com on 13 Jun 2010 at 8:57

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Tab delimited files should not require quoting of anything except tabs, and 
there is no standard for doing that. This won't be supported in CSVfix. Sorry.

Original comment by nbutterworth1953@gmail.com on 5 Jul 2010 at 8:37

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Should not, and do not, often differ. The market leader, Microsoft, does it 
that way. One is either compatible with them, or not.

Original comment by mela...@t-data.com on 5 Jul 2010 at 10:38