How to read columns of a Microsoft Excel .csv file with LabVIEW?

This should be simple. Any ideas on how to read an Excel file with csv extension using LabVIEW?
Thanks!

Use the Read From SpeadSheet File.VI which you can find on the FILE I/O pallette.
"Read From Spreadsheet File
Reads a specified number of lines
or rows from a numeric text file beginning at a specified character offset and
converts the data to a 2D, single-precision array of numbers. You optionally can transpose the
array. The VI opens the file before reading from it and closes it afterwards.
You can use this VI to read a spreadsheet file saved in text format. This VI
calls the Spreadsheet String
to Array function to convert the data."
The CSV file is essentially a text file which uses commas as delimiters in the files structure.

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