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Storing strings and numbers properly in CSV files [message #185620]

Tue, 22 April 2014 18:43

Sonnich Jensen
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Hi

I am saving CSV files from a PHP app, but I face 2 problems:
1. stock numbers are sometimes just numbers, but I'd like to keep them as strings
2. prices are e.g. 5.2 which Excel translates as a date.

Say:

Item;Name;Price;Amount;Total
123;Test;5.2;1;5.2
124;Test2;1.2;2;2.4
Total;;;;=sum(e2:e3)

Just copy this into notepad and save with csv extension and you will see.

I'd like to have 123 and 124 as strings, and eg 5.2 as a float.
Can I format it better than this?

WBR
Sonnich

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		Storing strings and numbers properly in CSV files By: Sonnich Jensen on Tue, 22 April 2014 18:43
		Re: Storing strings and numbers properly in CSV files By: Jerry Stuckle on Tue, 22 April 2014 19:07
		Re: Storing strings and numbers properly in CSV files By: Michael Vilain on Tue, 22 April 2014 19:53
		Re: Storing strings and numbers properly in CSV files By: Christoph Michael Bec on Tue, 22 April 2014 20:29
		Re: Storing strings and numbers properly in CSV files By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Tue, 22 April 2014 23:27
		Re: Storing strings and numbers properly in CSV files By: Richard Yates on Tue, 22 April 2014 23:24
		Re: Storing strings and numbers properly in CSV files By: Jim Higgins on Thu, 24 April 2014 19:21
		Re: Storing strings and numbers properly in CSV files By: Mr Oldies on Sat, 03 May 2014 00:48

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