You can't just assume UTF-8

Re:You can't just assume UTF-8 by vaylian on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @01:50AM (#40207626)

Plus, Excel really likes to use semicolons instead of commas for comma-separated-files. That's another idiosyncrasy that programmers need to take into account.

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Re:You can't just assume UTF-8 by iggldiggl on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @03:47AM (#40208279)

I think that happens mainly in those locales where a comma is the traditional decimal separator and the dot gets used for 1000s grouping.

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Re:You can't just assume UTF-8 by chopin on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @03:02PM (#40214882)

I'm German and I hate this. The icing on top: Excel separates function arguments with a semicolon in German locale, too. Got me some head scratching. Examples are separated with comma, iirc.

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