[Gretl-devel] Re: delimiter for data files in text format
On Fri, 19 Nov 2021, Cottrell, Allin wrote:
Well, my reluctance was based on the supposition that in maybe 99+%
of
cases libgretl would know what separator to use better than most users.
I've now added '|' as one of the options libgretl should consider, and
in my testing pipe-separated fields work fine. I'm willing to
reconsider, but I'd be surprised if anyone can come up with a real-world
case where gretl (now) gets it wrong.
And I would too. All I'm saying is, why not give the user the option to
use the automatic algorithm (as default) or force the delimiter choice for
the remaining 1% of the cases?
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Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali (DiSES)
Università Politecnica delle Marche
(formerly known as Università di Ancona)
r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it
http://www2.econ.univpm.it/servizi/hpp/lucchetti
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