Re: [Gretl-users] Input of csv data - does the German version work as intended?

On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Wingenroth, Thorsten wrote: Thanks, Thorsten. For reference, these files use ',' and decimal separator and ';' as field delimiter (OK). They also use '.' as thousands marker and as the delimiter within daily dates (and into the bargain the dates are reversed). So for example: <csv> date;Erster;Hoch;Tief;Schlusskurs;Stuecke;Volumen 23.02.2015;71,16;71,24;70,6;70,91;172.975;12.251.361 20.02.2015;70,55;70,92;70,22;70,62;752.159;53.136.228 19.02.2015;70,74;71,06;69,93;70,73;576.821;40.735.744 ... </csv> Gretl running in English gets everything right automatically, but the importation fails when running in German -- in fact, in any locale that uses ',' as decimal character and with "Use locale setting for decimal point" selected in gretl's Preferences. A workaround for opening such files in German is to deselect "Use local setting for decimal point". However, it should work either way; we'll see what we can do about that. The problem seems to lie in the handling of the thousands separator: if I delete those '.' characters from one of your files gretl reads it fine even when in decimal comma mode. Allin