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Re: Comma seperators [message #20188 is a reply to message #20173]

Tue, 23 May 2000 00:00

promashkin
Messages: 169
Registered: December 1999

Senior Member

While sharing some points on MS products, I would argue that Excel is
very good for some things, separating string record being among them. I
don't know it well enough to beat IDL development with Excel, but I also
use it to save time when working with unfriendly ASCII data. After that,
other programs can be used. Excel, IMHO, has pathetic graphics. But
again, you tend to use a screwdriver for driving screws, and the fact
that it is no good for driving nails does not make it useless. Morale of
the story - each application has its upsides, even Excel :-)
Cheers,
Pavel

Martin Schultz wrote:
>
> Who ever put out the word that MS Excel could be used by sane scientists
> should
> be hanged, quartered, stoned, etc. (or, to be a little more friendly: at
> least put
> into a different state of mind ;-)
> -------
> If I receive this kind of data, most often I prefer to start up this old
> moloch and clunky memory hog (I mean Excel) and attempt to put the stuff
> in a more ASCII friendly
> order and format before writing an IDL reader. Largest trouble I have
> with this piece of creamware is that seldomly two spreadsheets look
> alike because columns or rows are shifted etc. Oh well, this world ain't
> perfect (but on average certainly better than MS software)....

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		Comma seperators By: Simon de Vet on Thu, 18 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Comma seperators By: promashkin on Tue, 23 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Comma seperators By: John-David T. Smith on Mon, 22 May 2000 00:00
		Re: Comma seperators By: davidf on Mon, 22 May 2000 00:00
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