csv format is just plain text with commas separating data. Like this:
Name,Age,Location
John,25,NY
Jane,30,LA
You can open it in ANY text editor (Notepad, VS Code) or Excel. But be careful—Excel sometimes messes with the formatting (like dates).
For big files, check out CSV Explorer or OpenRefine—way better than Excel.
And yeah, use csv over Excel when you need compatibility or simplicity. Excel’s overkill for basic data.
Name,Age,Location
John,25,NY
Jane,30,LA
You can open it in ANY text editor (Notepad, VS Code) or Excel. But be careful—Excel sometimes messes with the formatting (like dates).
For big files, check out CSV Explorer or OpenRefine—way better than Excel.
And yeah, use csv over Excel when you need compatibility or simplicity. Excel’s overkill for basic data.