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;doc: csv: try to clarify how CSV fields and hledger fields work

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Simon Michael 2023-01-19 05:55:29 -10:00
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@ -3071,7 +3071,7 @@ Note the two kinds of "field names" used in hledger CSV rules:
1. **CSV field names** (`CSVFIELD` in examples):\
These are arbitrary names you have given to columns in the CSV data, by writing them in a `fields` list.
This does not affect hledger's output (at least not directly); it only gives that CSV field a custom name,
so that elsewhere, in a hledger field assignment, you can interpolate it by name (`%SomeField`) rather than column number (`%13`).
so that elsewhere, in a field assignment rule, you can interpolate it by name (`%SomeField`) rather than column number (`%13`).
2. **hledger field names** (`HLEDGERFIELD` in examples):\
These are special reserved names corresponding (directly or indirectly) to parts of a hledger transaction.