| Unit 14 | Handling CSV Files |
CSV is a structured text file format used to store and move tabular or nearly tabular data. It dates back to 1972 and is a format of choice for Microsoft Excel, Apache OpenOffice Calc, and other spreadsheet software. Data.gov,[8] a U.S. government website that provides access to publicly available data, alone provides 12,550 data sets in the CSV format.
A CSV file consists of columns representing variables and rows representing records. (Data scientists with a statistical background often call them observations.) The fields in a record are typically separated by commas, but other delimiters, such as tabs (tab-separated values [TSV]), colons, semicolons, and vertical bars, are also common. Stick to commas when you write ...
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