Write to Text File.vi Output file all but first line start with tab

Question

The attached PNG shows the code used to build up concatenated strings into a string array for the first four lines, thence to a string Array, to Spreadsheet String.vi and, finally, the use of Write to Text File.vi
The lower right corner shows the result loaded into a spreadsheet. Note the 3 blank entries marked by a filled red rectangle. Examination of hidden characters shows there is a tab at the beginning of lines 2, 3 and 4.
There is no tab shown in the code. How do those tabs get there? How do I stop them?
I have tried with the option "Convert EOL" both on and off with no difference.
The Help states that an OS-dependent EOL character is appended to each line. I can't imagine the Windows EOL character includes a tab.
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Answer 1

wildcatherder wrote:
I am still puzzled as to why those additional tabs were added by Array to Spreadsheet String.  I'm holding in my hand a printout of an old LabVIEW 8 program with that construction, which is known to work properly.
Makes complete sense when you look at your code.  You build a string, including an end-of-line character, and put that string into an array.  Then, when you run it through Array to Spreadsheet String, it puts a tab after every array element, and new line at the end of each row in the array.  The first element of your array contains a new line but Array to Spreadsheet String doesn't know about it; it still inserts a tab between that array element and the next one, giving you the tabs.