Spreadsheet Files program 1

Spreadsheet Files

Spreadsheet files organize 1D or 2D arrays of data in tabular form, or in rows and columns. Each cell of the table contains an element of the 1D or 2D array.

Text-Based Spreadsheet Files
Text-based spreadsheet files are a subset of text files. To write data to a spreadsheet file, you must format the data as a spreadsheet string, which is a string that includes delimiters, such as tabs or commas. After you read data from a spreadsheet file, the data is a set of spreadsheet strings. You need to format the strings as the data type you expect from this spreadsheet file. The File I/O VIs and functions support text-based spreadsheet files with delimited string.