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happen that the beginning of the file displays column colors but at the end of the
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file it's still uncolored.
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There are four pre-defined color schemes you can select in the `Setttings` dialog.
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There are four pre-defined color schemes you can select using the
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`Highlighting` button on the `Plugins > CSV Lint > Setttings` dialog.
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At first time startup, the plug-in will select normal or darkmode color scheme,
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depending on the Dark Mode setting in the Notepad++ `config.xml`.
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readme.md

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![preview screenshot](/csvlint_preview.png?raw=true "CSVLint plug-in preview")
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Use CSV Lint for metadata discovery, technical data validation and
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reformatting on tabular data files. It is _not_ meant to be a replacement for
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spreadsheet programs like Excel or SPSS, but rather it's a quality control
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tool to examine, verify or polish up a dataset before further processing.
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You can use CSV Lint to analyse, validate, convert and reformat text data
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files. It is _not_ meant to be a replacement for spreadsheet programs like
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Excel or SPSS, but rather it's a quality control tool to examine, verify or
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polish up a dataset before further processing.
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With CSV Lint you can take a dataset and:
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* Convert between comma, semicolon, tab separated, fixed width formats
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* Split valid/invalid values into two separate columns
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* Count unique values of one or more columns
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* Convert csv data to SQL insert script
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* Sort based on one of the columns
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* Convert csv data to SQL insert script or XML or JSON format.
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* Generate Python, R or PowerShell scripts
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CSV Lint is stable and usable for most general use-cases, but it is a work-in-progress,
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so if you encounter any bugs or unexpected output I encourage you to [report issues here](https://github.com/BdR76/CSVLint/issues).
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- [x] ~~Load/save schema.ini~~
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- [x] ~~Improve automatic datatype detection~~
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- [x] ~~Add feature GUI click to jump to error line~~
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- [x] Support enumeration coded + error check
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- [x] ~~Support enumeration coded + error check~~
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- [ ] Replace-code-with-label (using schema.json?)
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- [ ] Support FrictionlessData schema.json format
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- [ ] Improve GUI instead of plain text
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- [x] ~~Add feature generate scripts (SQL, Python, R)~~
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- [x] ~~Syntax highlighting, display columns as [colors](https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/21124/c-adding-a-custom-styler-or-lexer-in-c-for-scintilla-notepad/)~~
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- [ ] Search for value in column, search next empty/non-empty in column
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- [x] Search/replace in single column
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- [x] ~~Search/replace in single column~~
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- [x] ~~Split column into new column ("123/456" -> "123", "456")~~
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Trouble shooting / Known issues
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the order of day and month can be incorrect. You can adjust it manually to
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* When you select Language > CSVLint to enable the syntax highlighing colors,
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* When you select `Language > CSVLint` to enable the syntax highlighing colors,
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or change the metadata manually, the column colors aren't always updated
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immediately. Click inside the textfile or switch tabs to a different file and
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then back and it should display correctly.

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