Which is the Best CSV format to save a list of email addresses and numbers in ??

Question

ms dos, macintosh or comma delimited? how are they all different??

the ones listed above are all forms of CSV files which is the best to use? to save a file of email addresses n numbers?

Answer 1

Beware using CSV- If your data has any commas in it, it will give strange results - mixed up input data. Try saving your data in a newer format or strip out any commas

Answer 2

CSV is one format. I trust you know that CSV means "comma separated value," that each field (item) of information is separated by a comma, and each records ends with a "return" or "enter."

With this format, you can import it into almost any data program you can think of -- Excel, Access, etc.

The old DOS (ASCII) enclosed each field in quotation marks, then separated the fields with a comma. ASCII means American Standard Code for Information Interchange and is pretty much universally accepted.

I have never worked on a Mac, but I'm pretty sure you would be able to import a CSV or ASCII file into a Mac datafile.