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Details for: Fixed Width Values Text File

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Summary
Name	Fixed Width Values Text File
Version
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: text/plain PUID: x-fmt/110
Family
Classification	Text (Structured)
Disclosure
Description	In a fixed-width text file, data is contained in columns that are of a fixed width (meaning that each column contains a certain number of character positions). Data that does not fill the width of the column is padded with filler characters, which are usually spaces or zeroes. Sometimes, your fixed-width text file uses special characters to visually delineate one column from the next.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	02 Aug 2005
Source description	v.120- New description and notes added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2024. Submitted by Brigham Young University.
Last updated	03 Jan 2025
Note	https://help.seagullscientific.com/2019/en/Content/DB_Types_FixedWidth.htm#:~:text=In%20a%20fixed%2Dwidth%20text,are%20usually%20spaces%20or%20zeroes.