About Comma-Separated Values File Format
The comma-separated values (CSV) file format is a tabular data format that has fields
separated by the comma character and quoted by the double quote character. If a field’s value
contains a double quote character it is escaped with a pair of double
quote characters.
The CSV file format does not require a specific character encoding, byte order or line
terminator format.
It is often not required by software to have fields quoted unless they contain a comma
character.
Example:
“Chicane”, “Love on the Run”, “Knight Rider”, “This field contains a comma, but it doesn’t
matter as the field is quoted” “Charles Barber”, “Adagio for Strings”, “Classical”, "This
field contains a double quote character, "“, but it doesn’t matter as it is escaped”
Link:
Microsoft Office Online
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