write to a spreadsheet file

[Robin11]

Hi

I am trying to extract some data from different file types and want to write it to a spreadsheet file. I very well know to read the data from txt file or lvm file and write to spreadsheet but my problem is if I have a file with some other extension (not .txt or .lvm).

COuld you guys please help me what logic i have to use in this case.

Thanks,

Robin

[nathand]

It depends on the type of file.  For example, if you have a format like XML, you can read it as text and use some of the XML tools to help extract data.  If you have a complicated proprietary format such as XLS, it may not be worth the effort to attempt to extract data from it directly.