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by Bill
Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:33 am
Forum: ExamDiff Pro
Topic: Comma/Tab delimited text: Detail level for difference ident
Replies: 6
Views: 10526

Thank you.

The option to "ignore separators embedded in quoted strings" should work well when comparing objects such as Excel XLS data saved as CSV files or by using the "XLS to CSV" plug-in that came with ExamDiff Pro.
by Bill
Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:51 am
Forum: ExamDiff Pro
Topic: Comma/Tab delimited text: Detail level for difference ident
Replies: 6
Views: 10526

The option to ignore separators embedded in quoted strings would be mainly useful for comparing consistently formatted tabular data such as the output from a Spreadsheet (e.g. a CSV file output from Excel) or from a Data Base Management System. A quoted string would start with a single or double ...
by Bill
Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:33 am
Forum: ExamDiff Pro
Topic: Comma/Tab delimited text: Detail level for difference ident
Replies: 6
Views: 10526

Setting the "Word separators" to "," solved my problem because my data contains no spaces. The ability to define all separating characters would provide a complete solution.

The only additional enhancement I can think of is an option to ignore separators embedded in quoted strings.
by Bill
Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:55 am
Forum: ExamDiff Pro
Topic: Comma/Tab delimited text: Detail level for difference ident
Replies: 6
Views: 10526

Comma/Tab delimited text: Detail level for difference ident

I frequently compare Comma/Tab delimited text files with "Detail level for difference identification" set to "Lines and words". The resulting highlighting is broken by signs and decimal points within numeric values.

I would like an option something like "Lines and Comma/Tab delimited columns" so ...