The following text illustrates the contents of an ASCII stock data file. Note how commas are used to separate each item (DATE, OPEN, HIGH, LOW, CLOSE, VOLUME). This is the standard method for separating fields in each line, which is why files of this type typically have the file extension "CSV" (for Comma Separated Values). However, spaces, tabs, or semi-colons would also have worked.
Some ASCII files might contain special header data in the first line. If Insider TA detects this special data line, then the field order will be recognized automatically without the need to use the ASCII Field Formatter Panel.
2-06-2002,44.1948,44.3281,42.5391,42.7987,10945300
2-07-2002,42.5951,43.4453,42.0,43.0939,10711900
2-08-2002,43.1502,44.5078,43.0156,44.2971,7160100
2-11-2002,44.2478,45.1875,44.0625,45.1654,5255200
2-12-2002,44.5959,45.7969,44.5469,45.3753,5045700
2-13-2002,45.6472,46.3984,45.4453,46.163,8191500
2-14-2002,46.1971,46.2891,45.0547,45.5242,4085900
2-15-2002,45.6497,46.0,45.1953,45.3436,3479400
2-19-2002,44.9987,45.3672,44.3984,45.0633,4375400
2-20-2002,44.7962,46.2188,44.6484,45.8123,4190600
2-21-2002,45.3102,46.2969,45.0,45.3051,5176900
2-22-2002,44.8421,46.0781,44.7969,45.9977,3697100
2-25-2002,45.9441,46.5625,45.2031,45.523,3385400
2-26-2002,45.5245,45.7031,45.0234,45.5085,4031500
2-27-2002,47.0001,47.75,46.1953,47.4817,10371900
2-28-2002,47.6308,47.6484,46.5234,46.9999,6620400
3-01-2002,47.002,48.1953,46.5938,48.0006,3846500
3-04-2002,48.1495,48.1953,46.8984,47.7986,4827800
3-05-2002,46.9999,49.25,46.8984,48.4293,9164500
3-06-2002,49.7499,50.25,49.6484,50.2193,11078700
3-07-2002,50.1968,50.2031,49.3984,49.9286,5372600
3-08-2002,49.5098,49.75,48.0,48.0,8848100
3-11-2002,48.2888,49.0,47.6953,48.5958,4635200
3-12-2002,48.3987,49.37,48.08,49.3498,5486400
3-13-2002,49.15,50.05,49.15,49.15,6120400
3-14-2002,49.4504,50.0,49.09,49.8002,5223200
3-15-2002,50.1808,51.2,50.05,50.9114,9027200
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