Re: CSV data and decimal separators

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Nov 19, 2014, at 8:05 PM, Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> wrote:

> From a quick experiment, using Excel for Mac 2011, with a locale temporarily tweaked to use , as the decimal 
> separator and . as the thousands separator, the wizard for importing data, if I try to import a CSV file, offers an 
> option (under "Advanced..." in step 3 of the import wizard) to, on a per-column basis, control what characters to use 
> as decimal and thousands separators when importing the file.  It offers , as a decimal separator and . as a thousands 
> separator by default in that case.

In an earlier step, it lets you specify the field separator (from a set that includes tab, semicolon, and comma).

It doesn't base the default for the separators on the locale; it appears, for what it's worth, to default to , as field 
separator, . as decimal separator, , as thousands separator.

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