CSV files can actually be formatted using different delimiters, comma is just the default. You can use the sep flag to specify the delimiter you want for your CSV file. Just add the line sep=; as the very first line in your CSV file, that is if you want your delimiter to be semi-colon. You can change it to any other character.

Aug 16, 2011 · so as a text file, you should take care of the encoding of your CSV file. If your CSV file has any accented char, or even an Euro symbol, encoding specification is a must. Pass something like: text/csv; charset=utf-8 Brazilian Excel exports CSV files in Windows-1252 encoding (similar to iso8859-1), so you should declare: text/csv; charset ...

Jun 3, 2014 · I converted a pandas DataFrame to a csv string using DataFrame.to_csv() and then I looked at the results. It included \r\n as the end of line character(s). I suggest inserting these into your csv string as your row separation. Depending on the tools used to generate the csv string you may need escape the \ character (\r\n).

I have been given a CSV file with more than the MAX Excel can handle, and I really need to be able to see all the data. I understand and have tried the method of "splitting" it, but it doesnt work. Some background: The CSV file is an Excel CSV file, and the person who gave the file has said there are about 2m rows of data.

Aug 18, 2023 · Then, before doing a 'Save As' to your CSV format, try formatting the column with a custom format, and in the box for the pattern just type #. This will force Excel to see it as a number, however many digits long, without trying to do something else with it like 4.52364E+14 when you actually save it to CSV.

Apr 13, 2015 · CSV, as a file format, assumes one "table" of data; in Excel terms that's one sheet of a workbook. While it's just plain text, and you can interpret it any way you want, the "standard" CSV format does not support what your supervisor is …

Dec 14, 2011 · I have also faced the same type of problem when I had to parse a CSV file. The file contains a column address which contains the ',' . After parsing that CSV file to JSON, I get mismatched mapping of the keys while converting it into a JSON file. I used Node.js for parsing the file and libraries like baby parse and csvtojson. Example of file -

Jul 18, 2017 · Install CSVLint Plugin (Plugins > Plugins Admin... > CSV Lint) Open CSV file. Or manually set Language > CSVLint. This will give you nicely colored output. To reformat do this: Open lower pane: Plugins > CSV Lint > CSV Lint Window. Click the Reformat button. Check the box Align vertically (not recommended). -- This may screw up your data, so ...

Nov 15, 2014 · If you have a file name: my_big_file.csv and you zip it with the same name my_big_file.zip. you may simply do this: df = pd.read_csv("my_big_file.zip") Note: check your pandas version first (not applicable for older versions)

Apr 20, 2009 · Don't use CSV, use XML with a library to read & write the xml file instead. If you must use CSV. Do it properly and use a free library to parse and store the CSV files. To justify 1), most CSV parsers aren't encoding aware so if you aren't dealing with …