On 2007-12-12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> For that purpose, CSV files are the utter pox and then some. >> Consider using xlrd and xlwt (nee pyexcelerator) to read >> (resp. write) XLS files directly. > > FWIW, CSV is a much more generic format for spreadsheets than > XLS. For example, I deal almost exclusively in CSV files for > simialr situations as the OP because I also work with software > that can't (or in some cases "can't easily") deal with XLS > files. CSV files can be read in by basically anything.
When I have a choice, I use simple tab-delimited text files. The usually irrelevent limitation is the inability to embed tabs or newlines in fields. The relevant advantage is the simplicity. -- Neil Cerutti The recording I listened to had Alfred Brendel doing the dirty work of performing this sonata (Liszt B minor) --Music Lit Essay -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
