Package csv reads and writes comma-separated values (CSV) files. A csv file contains zero or more records of one or more fields per record. Each record is separated by the newline character. The final record may optionally be followed by a newline character. White space is considered part of a field. Carriage returns before newline characters are silently removed. Blank lines are ignored. A line with only whitespace characters (excluding the ending newline character) is not considered a blank line. Fields which start and stop with the quote character " are called quoted-fields. The beginning and ending quote are not part of the field. The source: results in the fields Within a quoted-field a quote character followed by a second quote character is considered a single quote. results in Newlines and commas may be included in a quoted-field results in