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Delimiter

The character that separates values: the comma between fields in a CSV file, or the semicolon between items in a list packed into one cell.

A delimiter causes trouble when it also appears inside the values it is meant to separate, such as a comma inside an address.

Where it comes up

Multiple values in one cellA single cell holds a list, or two different facts, joined by a comma, slash, or line break.

See also

ParsingReading text and working out its structure: turning the characters 03/04/2025 into a date, or one line of a file into separate fields.
SchemaThe declared structure of a dataset: its columns, their names and types, and the rules they must satisfy.

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