From ba08bf6ff215ce47a5375789f3659b96c0fbd20a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Holt Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 09:10:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Added encoding/Excel FAQ, due to issues #64 and #169. --- faq.html | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/faq.html b/faq.html index aa004e0..56d5883 100644 --- a/faq.html +++ b/faq.html @@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ Fast mode makes Papa Parse screaming fast, but you wouldn't want to use it if there are quoted fields in your input. Fast mode is fast because it makes one major assumption: no quoted fields. If you don't specify fastMode either way, fast mode will be turned on automatically if there are no quote characters in the input. With fast mode on, 1 GB files can be parsed in about 20 seconds.

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Why do non-ASCII characters look weird?
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+ It's probably an encoding issue. The FileReader API allows you to specify an encoding, which you can do using the encoding configuration property. This property only works with local files and does not apply to strings or remote files. Also see issues #64 and #169 if you're having trouble parsing CSV files generated from Excel. +

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