Quote and Comma Delimitation |
In a quote and comma delimited text file, the individual fields are separated by both quotes and commas. An example of a quote and comma delimited file would look like this:
"0543166","Oranges","Perishable"
"17890","Flower Pots","Breakable"
"1203768","Apples","Perishable"
"1029384","Bananas","Perishable"
Since there are four lines in the file, four different items will be printed. Note that each line of the file contains three fields of data for each record. Each field has quotes around it and is separated from the others by a comma. For example, the first record contains an identification number of 0543166. This number would most likely be printed as a barcode. The text fields "Oranges" and "Perishable" may also appear on the same printed item. Almost all database, spreadsheet, and word processing software can create data files in this format.
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