"Runzhi Zhao" [email protected] wrote:

Based on my understanding, columns within a file are separated by the tab character ("\t"), rather than by spaces. While spaces may exist within a column, they are not employed to partition columns. Instead, spaces are utilized within a column to separate individual words or elements.

Hi Runzhi That is correct. Tabs are simply replacing the commas that are used in the .csv format. Spaces can appear in either format, and are just parts of strings; never separators.

Cheers MichaelW 👨‍🎨