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Summary File 1 Characteristics |
Advantage |
Disadvantage |
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Hierarchical structure |
Efficient in terms of storage |
Requires good programming skills to use effectively |
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Comma delimited data |
Smaller files than fixed format Accommodates spreadsheet users |
With compression, size is not very relevant Not as efficient to read with a statistical package |
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Multiple files |
Individual files remain small Advantageous for ftp |
Requires merging skills Multiple read/input statements |
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