I have no idea what to do. Please see below. I need to import this file into another system with the leading zeros. These are sample zip codes as well. I have no idea what is going on. It seems to be an excel issue with CSV files. How can I preseve the leading zeros on a CSV file? Thanks for your help. I haven't had this issue before.
XLSX File
POSTAL_CODE_FORMATTED_TEXT and POSTAL_CODE_FORMATTED_Number
07717
Please see CSV file
CSV File
POSTAL_CODE_FORMATTED_TEXT and POSTAL_CODE_FORMATTED_Number
7717
If you would like the edit the column manually you can follow the below steps
Highlight the column
Right click and select format cells
On the "Number" tab go to "Custom"
4: Under where it says "Type:" you can enter the amount of digits you want to appear in the column (ex: 00000)
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I have a CSV file but unfortunately, for some of the columns which have a comma in them, they have not enclosed it within double quotes, so when I open the CSV file some rows are all off by one column.
Is there a way that I can identify these rows and format them correctly so that I can open them. I am happy with a non-coding solution or even a coding solution.
Note: The column width cannot be used as they are all varying column width and no way to identify them distinctly.
Any help is appreciated!
Screenshot #1:
This is the CSV file. As you can see, the second row has a comma but doesn't have any double quotes around it. As a result, when I open this file in Excel, the following happens.
Screenshot #2:
So, the question is - How can I modify the file and then open it so that the right data is under the right column as shown below.
Screenshot #3: Desired Output
I have several text files (about 6). All have the following format.
Column (Text position in txt file)
1-4 -> Code
6-72 -> Name
74-78 -> another code
80-81 -> another code
These text files I want to import into excel, so I can sort them after A-Z and inspect the duplicates. After doing so, I must delete a few duplicates and export this to ONE single txt file. This file must be saved in the exact same format as before. Unfortunately I cannot find anything in the Internet regarding this.
Could somebody help me?
Thanks and best regards
Dennis
I found a solution!
First I combine the data in the excel file and manipulate it. After
that I adjust the width of the columns, so no values overlap.
Then I save this as an .prn file.
This .prn file I open in notepad++ and manipulate the column
position with help of SHIFT + ALT + Down to set multiple Cursors.
Now I got my file :-)
Thanks anyway!
Ressources:
Export an Excel Spreadsheet as fixed width text file
Notepad Multiple Cursors
I have a fixed width text file that I needed to edit about 200 rows of. Importing into excel is easy but when I have completed my edits and try to save the file as a space-delimited or text file all the spacing goes out of whack, i.e the first field in excel is padded out to 6 characters but when I save the file as space-delimited or text it then turns that field into 8 characters.
Please note that I'm using a LEFT(text&REPT(" ", 30)30) formula to get the required padding which works very nicely. However I can't seem to save the file with the correct number of spaces. I have also just tried copying and pasting into a notepad file but this seems to just create more unwanted spaces etc.
How do I create a fixed width file when I have all the data I need and the field length requirements?? Has anyone had this trouble before? Thanks in advance.
I agree with Gary's Student. Just go to: Save As -> Formatted Text (Space Delimited) (.prn)*.This will bring almost same functionality as one you have in Excel.
For more information you may refer to:
https://superuser.com/questions/100433/export-an-excel-spreadsheet-to-fixed-width-text-file
I found that the best way to do this was to use Access and save as a text file and then you can set your own field width and export. excellent!
I'll suggest an export to csv (or similar) and then convert it with UltraEdit's super simple "Convert CSV to fixed with" function.
It scans the file and suggests a column width based on you content.
You can easily define your own preferred column width in a 30,25,25,40 pattern.
There's a 30 day trial, if you like it it's well worth the $99 license...
I have a format issue with my pentaho report excel/csv output.
My report output contains zip code column, which has leading zeroes if the zip code length is less than 5. the leading zeroes get truncated when i open the report output in excel file. I used 'textfield' for the zipcode column, i even tried concatenating zeroes in my xaction sql. everything works fine if i open the output in a text editor, but when we open it in excel file the zero got trimmed.
can we prevent this trimming issue or can we use other data fields in design instead of text field.
Change the extension of your csv to .txt so you get Excel's dialogue boxes for importing text files; there you can select the comma as your column delimiter. On the third screen (after you hit "next" twice), there is an option to choose the formatting of each column. Select you zip code column, change it from "General" to "Text" format, and your leading zeroes will be retained.
use text formatting in the Home-->Number-->Special
Cannt paste imapge--> i guess not enough points
Hope it helps
I don't know whether it is proper or not but enclose field in Double quotes or single which ever you prefer..
quotes will not display in excel file format but it will display in textpad or notepad..
So it you don't have any problem in adding this extra thing then it will solve your problem.
What is the original data format in your DB? Is it an INT?
In your sql statement, try something like this (adjust for the relevant sql dialect, if necessary):
lpad(cast(zip as CHAR(5)),5,'0') zip
where zip is your field name.
Then use text-field as you are already doing.
I'm working on a .NET application which exports CSV files to open in Excel and I'm having a problem with preserving leading zeros when the file is opened in Excel. I've used the method mentioned at http://creativyst.com/Doc/Articles/CSV/CSV01.htm#CSVAndExcel
This works great until the user decides to save the CSV file within Excel. If the file is opened again in Excel then the leading zeros are lost.
Is there anything I can do when generating the CSV file to prevent this from happening.
This is not a CSV issue.
This is Excel loving to play with CSV files.
Change the extension to something else.
As #GSerg mentions, this is not a CSV issue.
If your users must edit/save in Excel they need to select the entire worksheet, right-click and choose "Format Cells" and from the Category list select "Text" after opening the csv file. This will preserve the leading zeros since the numbers will be treated as simple text.
Alternatively, you could use Open XML SDK 2.0, or some other Excel library, to create an xlsx file from your csv data and programmaticaly set the Cell type to Text in order to take the end users out of the equation...
I found a nice way around this, if you add a space anywhere along the phone number, the cell is then not treated as number and is treated as a text cell in both Excel and Apple's iWork Numbers.
It's the only solution I've found so far that plays nice with Numbers.
Yes I realise the number then has a space, but this is easy to process out of large chunks of data, you just have to select a column and remove all spaces.
Also, if this is web related, most web type things are ok with users entering a space in the number field. E.g you can tap-to-call on mobiles.
The challenge is to get the space in there in the first place.
In use:
01202123456 = 1202123456
but
01202 123456 = 01202 123456
Ok, new discovery.
Using Quick Preview on Mac to view a CSV file the telephone column will display perfectly, but opening the file fully with Numbers or Excel will ruin that column.
On some level Mac OS X is capable of handling that column correctly with no user meddling.
I am now working on the best/easiest way to make a website output a universally accepted CSV with telephone numbers preserved.
But maybe with that info someone else has an idea on how to make Numbers handle the file in the same way that Quick Preview does?