Other Special Characters—eold and Linefeed
Two other important special characters found in an internal spreadsheet are the end of line (or eold) character and the linefeed character. The eold character is Hex 0x0D and the linefeed character is Hex 0x0A.
The eold and linefeed characters demark the beginning of a new line and the ending of an old line, respectively. Between the eold, linefeed, and xstab characters, the internal structure of a spreadsheet can be easily understood.
Figure 3.3 shows how the eold, linefeed, and xlstab characters appear in the internal view of a spreadsheet.
In short, the internal view of a spreadsheet consists of the values found on the spreadsheet and a few special characters.
When you are approaching a transformation from a spreadsheet to corporate data, it is always wise to first check and see what special characters are being used internally by your spreadsheet software. If you attempt a transformation from a spreadsheet to a...
