Calc/Features/Numbers import for plain text files

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Numbers import for plain text files

Specification Status
Author Kohei Yoshida
Last Change See wiki history
Status In progress in CWS koheicsvimport

Abstract

References

Reference Document Check Location (URL)
Issue ID (required) available Issue 3687 Issue 97416 Issue 102141
Test case specification (required) n/a

Contacts

Role Name E-Mail Address
Developer Kohei Yoshida kyoshida@novell.com
Quality Assurance Oliver Craemer oliver.craemer@sun.com
Documentation up for grabs
User Experience up for grabs

Detailed Specification

Modified CSV import options dialog with new controls.
Import options dialog for HTML import.

Language

Language (and regions in case the language is associated with multiple regions) determines how the number strings are parsed during import. If the language option is set to Default (in the CSV Options dialog) or Automatic (in the HTML Import Options dialog), Calc will use the language that OOo uses globally. If the language option is set to a specific language, that language will be used when parsing numbers.

Detect special numbers

When this option is enabled, Calc will automatically detect all number formats, including special number formats such as dates. The selected language influences how such special numbers are detected, as different languages and regions many have different conventions for dates, time, and other special numbers.

When this option is disabled, Calc will detect and convert decimal numbers only while the rest will be imported as strings. A decimal number string can have digits 0-9, thousands separators (aka group separators), and a decimal separator. Thousands separators and decimal separators may vary with the selected language and region.

Migration

N/A

Configuration

File Format

N/A

Open Issues

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