CSV Column Names

Demonstrates how to access CSV column names.

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#include <CkCsv.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    //  This example program loads a file (sample.csv)
    //  that contains this content:
    // 
    //  year,color,country,food
    //  2001,red,France,cheese
    //  2005,blue,"United States",hamburger
    //  2008,green,Italy,pasta
    //  1998,orange,Japan,sushi
    // 
    //  The first row contains the column names.
    //  This file is available at:
    //  http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testData/sample.csv

    CkCsv csv;

    //  Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
    //  should be treated as column names:
    csv.put_HasColumnNames(true);

    //  Load the CSV records from the file:
    bool success;
    success = csv.LoadFile("sample.csv");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",csv.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Display the column names:
    long i;
    const char * colName;
    long idx;
    for (i = 0; i <= csv.get_NumColumns() - 1; i++) {
        colName = csv.getColumnName(i);
        printf("%d: %s\n",i,colName);

        //  The following line demonstrates to to get the column
        //  index given a column name:
        idx = csv.GetIndex(colName);
        printf("%s is at column index %d\n",colName
            ,idx);
    }

    }