When I try to encode a HTML anchor link in CSV file cell it becomes corrupted and not readable by Excel.
Is there some sort of non-HTML solution or format to encode a hyperlink in CSV file cell?
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When I try to encode a HTML anchor link in CSV file cell it becomes corrupted and not readable by Excel.
Is there some sort of non-HTML solution or format to encode a hyperlink in CSV file cell?
A CSV file is simply text – it’s up to the loading program how it chooses to interpret the text.
If Excel is complaining when you feed it
"<a href=\"blah\">Link</a>", "another cell"then try just having the raw URL and you might find Excel will automagically turn it into a link.But in general Excel doesn’t process HTML, so expecting it render HTML from a CSV file is asking too much.