Re: [xsl] For CSV output file - should end of record marker be line fee

This question has nothing to do with XSLT and is therefore off-topic. It's a 
question about CSV. You won't find a standard for CSV files - you just have to 
do what works for your receiving application.

Michael Kay
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On 7 Nov 2014, at 17:39, Catherine Wilbur cwilbur(_at_)uwindsor(_dot_)ca 
<xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:

> 1) Currently I am using a line feed in my code at the end.  Should it be a 
> line feed or carriage return?  Reason I am asking is because when I open my 
> CSV file in NotePad or WordPad the data wraps.  But with Notes++ or Excel the 
> data does not wrap.  Currently using a line feed at end of my data.  Assuming 
> it should be a carriage return.  Guessing that the data is wrapping when I 
> open the CSV file because it does not recognize the carriage return or line 
> feed but Notes++ does recognize these characters. 
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7965642/explicitly-specify-linefeed-character-and-not-carriage-return
>  
>
> Should I be using a line feed in my code.  (this is what I am using now) 
>        
> <xsl:text>&#xA;</xsl:text>
>
>
> Or should I be using a carriage return in my code. 
> <xsl:text>&#xD;</xsl:text>
>
>
>
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