From a44dd3dfc15e9a70e6f89fc67860d2ae02fd6a44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Myhrberg Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 23:16:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update terminology --- README.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b80b76b..ed33a1a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ character used in any given input CSV-like formatted file/data. ## Terminology -- **Field** — A singular String value within a row. -- **Record** (or **Row**) — A collection of fields. -- **Column** — Fields from multiple rows at the same offset. For example the - second column would be a list of the second field from every row. +- **Field** — A singular String value within a record. +- **Record** (or **Row**) — A collection of fields. This is often referred to + as a "line", but a single record can in span multiple text lines if a field + within it contains one or more line breaks. - **Delimiter** — The character used to separate fields withing a row. Commonly this will be a comma (`,`), but semi-colons (`;`) or tabs (`\t`) are two other popular delimiter characters.