How to Use IMPORTDATA() in Google Sheets

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Imports data at a given url in .csv (comma-separated value) or .tsv (tab-separated value) format.

How To Actually Use IMPORTDATA() in Sheets

IMPORTDATA(url)

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Use the IMPORTDATA function to import data from the URL 'https://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/data/csv/hw_200.csv' into the range A1:A10. The correct answer must display the data from the CSV file in those cells.

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