Formats that use delimiter-separated values store two-dimensional arrays of data by separating the values in each row with specific
delimiter characters. Most
database and
spreadsheet programs are able to read or save data in a delimited format.Any character may be used to separate the values, but the most common delimiters are the
comma and
tab. The
vertical bar (also referred to as
pipe) and
space are also sometimes used. For example, in a
comma-separated values (CSV)
file the data items are delimited using commas. Column headers are sometimes included as the first line, and each subsequent line is a row of data. The lines are separated by
newline and/or
carriage return characters.
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