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True difference between Excel CSV and Standard CSV

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Mar 15, 202616911 views
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What is the true difference between an Excel CSV and a standard CSV? For example, when handling columns with line breaks inside one cell, how do they encode it differently?

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It absolutely depends on what you define as "standard" CSV. As far as I'm concerned, Excel follows the rules outlined in RFC 4180, the "Common Format and MIME Type for CSV Files". Consider a table where the first cell in the first row has two line b…

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