What is the default delimiter of a CSV file?

What is the default delimiter?

Answer. A delimiter is a sequence of one or more characters that separates two tokens. The default delimiter is a whitespace.

What is the best delimiter for CSV?

CSV and importing into most programs is usually not a problem. Just specify TAB delimited rather than comma when you import your file. If there are commas in your data you WILL have a problem when specifying comma delimited as you are well aware.

Is CSV always comma delimited?

CSV is a Comma Seperated File. Generally the delimiter is a comma, but I have seen many other characters used as delimiters. They are just not as frequently used.

How do I find my CSV delimiter?

Here's what I do.1Parse the first 5 lines of a CSV file.2Count the number of delimiters [commas, tabs, semicolons and colons] in each line.3Compare the number of delimiters in each line. If you have a properly formatted CSV, then one of the delimiter counts will match in each row.