Re: [Gretl-users] CSV and decimal point character
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011, Allin Cottrell wrote:
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011, Henrique Andrade wrote:
> I´m trying to save data into comma-separated values (the csv
> extension) files using the Brazilian standard (comma as the
> decimal point character) but it is not working. Gretl only saves
> the text file with point as the decimal point character. [...]
You don't want "set force_decpoint on" here, but something has
indeed gone wrong: it seems you can't currently save CVS data
using anything other than "." as the decimal character. (I'm not
sure when that happened.)
Correction: you can do this, but only via the GUI. When you choose
to export data as CVS under the /File menu, and the decimal "," is
currently in force, you get the option of setting "," as the decimal
character in the CSV output -- but it's never the default, which I
think is correct.
The question then is, do we want to provide the same option for
command-line use? That is, a way to force use of the decimal comma
in CSV export, although it's not recommended.
Allin