NVO Table Converter Service

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Successful Table Converter Examples

I: Tables values separated by commas, pipes, spaces, or tabs.

Description	Input Table	Reformated Table
Column values are separated by commas (e.g. Excel CSV format).	excelCsvDos.tbl excelCsvMac.tbl	ASCII / VOTable ASCII / VOTable
Column values are separated by pipes (vertical bars).	pipeDelimeter.tbl	ASCII / VOTable
Column values are separated by spaces.	spaceDelimeter.tbl	ASCII / VOTable
Column values are separated by tabs (e.g. Excel Tab output format).	excelTab.tbl tabDataDelimeter.tbl	ASCII / VOTable ASCII / VOTable

II: Tables contain carriage returns or blank lines.

Description	Input Table	Reformated Table
Input table contains carriage returns in addition to the required line feeds. (e.g. files generated on PC).	carriageReturn.tbl	ASCII / VOTable
Blank lines in the input table are ignored.	blankLines.tbl	ASCII / VOTable
Input table contains carriage returns "instead of" the required line feeds (e.g. old Mac files).	nolinefeed.tbl	ASCII / VOTable

III: Tables records are misaligned and/or variable length.

Description	Input Table	Reformated Table
Input table contains variable length and/or misaligned records.	misaligned.tbl	ASCII / VOTable

IV: Tables without column names.

Description	Input Table	Reformated Table
Table contains a list of object names.	nohdrObject.tbl	ASCII / VOTable
Table contains a list of RA and Dec in decimal degrees.	nohdrRADec.tbl	ASCII / VOTable

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