A team is preparing a text-based dataset that contains commas and other punctuation in its values. Which approach best reduces confusion around field boundaries when sharing this data?
Escape punctuation with extra characters so the commas are part of each field
Surround each field with curly braces to preserve punctuation inside the data
Adopt a tab-delimited layout that uses a tab character as the field separator
Remove punctuation from the dataset so the file matches expected delimiters
Using a tab-delimited structure introduces a separator that is less common than commas in textual data, lessening the risk of confusing punctuation with field boundaries. Escaping characters or removing punctuation may introduce errors. Enclosing fields in curly braces can still cause confusion if braces appear in the data.
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