Java

CSV Column Names

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Demonstrates how to access CSV column names.

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Java

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    // 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 = new CkCsv();

    // 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:

    success = csv.LoadFile("sample.csv");
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(csv.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Display the column names:
    int i;
    String colName;
    int idx;
    for (i = 0; i <= csv.get_NumColumns() - 1; i++) {
        colName = csv.getColumnName(i);
        System.out.println(i + ": " + colName);

        // The following line demonstrates to to get the column
        // index given a column name:
        idx = csv.GetIndex(colName);
        System.out.println(colName + " is at column index " + idx);
        }
  }
}