Differences between XLS and CSV files

The xls file is the file format of the Microsoft Excel Workbook. I don't want to talk about it any more. I have learned a lot in school.
CSV is the most common file format, which can be easily imported into various PC tables and databases. This file contains one row of the data table. Fields of the generated data table are separated by commas.

CSV is a text file that can be opened in Notepad. xls is a binary file that can only be opened in Excel.

CSV (separated by commas)

The CSV (*. CSV) file format can only save the text and values displayed by cells in the active worksheet. All data rows and characters in the worksheet are saved. Data columns are separated by commas, and each row of data ends with a carriage return. If a cell contains a comma, the content in the cell is enclosed in double quotation marks.

If the cell displays a formula rather than a value, the formula is converted to text. All other content in the format, drawing, object, and worksheet will be lost. The euro symbol is converted to a question mark.

CSV is comma separate values. This file format is often used as a format for data interaction between different programs.
You can use the "Save as" command on the "file" menu in Excel to convert a Microsoft Excel file to a CSV file format.

 

A csv file is an ASCII file separated by commas (,).

 

CSV is the most common file format, which can be easily imported into various PC tables and databases, and XLS is a specialized Excel format. A single row of the CSV file is a row of the data table. Fields of the generated data table are separated by commas.
Comma separated value is the full name of CSV. You can try to open the CSV and XLS files in notepad.

CSV is a comma-separated text file, which can be opened by a text editor and a workbook, such as Excel.
. Xls is a special Excel format

 

The content of a text file consists of Characters in the ASCII character set.

 

First, text files are different from binary files. For text files, each byte (or several bytes) has the same meaning. You only need to read it one byte; for binary
For a file, four bytes may save an integer, And the next four bytes will save a floating point type ...... Therefore, to open a binary file, you must understand its file format.
To know the file format, you can open a binary file in a hexadecimal editor and guess its format.