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CSV Delete Column

Demonstrates the DeleteColumn method. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

; We have the following CSV...

; permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round
; lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b
; mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed
; flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a
; infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a
; gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed
; chosenlist-com,ChosenList.com,5,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Oct-06,140000,USD,seed
; digg,Digg,60,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Oct-05,2800000,USD,a
; facebook,Facebook,450,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-Sep-04,500000,USD,angel
; facebook,Facebook,450,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-May-05,12700000,USD,a
; photobucket,Photobucket,60,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-May-06,10500000,USD,b
; omnidrive,Omnidrive,,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-Dec-06,800000,USD,angel
; geni,Geni,18,web,West Hollywood,CA,1-Jan-07,1500000,USD,a
; twitter,Twitter,17,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Jul-07,5400000,USD,b
; stumbleupon,StumbleUpon,,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Dec-05,1500000,USD,seed
; gizmoz,Gizmoz,,web,Menlo Park,CA,1-May-07,6300000,USD,a
; mahalo,Mahalo,40,web,Santa Monica,CA,1-Jan-06,5000000,USD,a

Local $bCrlf = True
$oSb = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSb.AppendLine("permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("chosenlist-com,ChosenList.com,5,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Oct-06,140000,USD,seed",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("digg,Digg,60,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Oct-05,2800000,USD,a",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("facebook,Facebook,450,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-Sep-04,500000,USD,angel",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("facebook,Facebook,450,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-May-05,12700000,USD,a",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("photobucket,Photobucket,60,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-May-06,10500000,USD,b",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("omnidrive,Omnidrive,,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-Dec-06,800000,USD,angel",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("geni,Geni,18,web,West Hollywood,CA,1-Jan-07,1500000,USD,a",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("twitter,Twitter,17,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Jul-07,5400000,USD,b",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("stumbleupon,StumbleUpon,,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Dec-05,1500000,USD,seed",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("gizmoz,Gizmoz,,web,Menlo Park,CA,1-May-07,6300000,USD,a",$bCrlf)
$oSb.AppendLine("mahalo,Mahalo,40,web,Santa Monica,CA,1-Jan-06,5000000,USD,a",$bCrlf)

$oCsv = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Csv")

; Indicate that the 1st line contains column names.
$oCsv.HasColumnNames = True
$bSuccess = $oCsv.LoadFromString($oSb.GetAsString())

; Delete the "city" column, which is at index 4.  (the 1st column is at index 0)
$bSuccess = $oCsv.DeleteColumn(4)

ConsoleWrite($oCsv.SaveToString() & @CRLF)

; Output is:

; permalink,company,numEmps,category,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round
; lifelock,LifeLock,,web,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b
; mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed
; flypaper,Flypaper,,web,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a
; infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a
; gauto,gAuto,4,web,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed
; chosenlist-com,ChosenList.com,5,web,AZ,1-Oct-06,140000,USD,seed
; digg,Digg,60,web,CA,1-Oct-05,2800000,USD,a
; facebook,Facebook,450,web,CA,1-Sep-04,500000,USD,angel
; facebook,Facebook,450,web,CA,1-May-05,12700000,USD,a
; photobucket,Photobucket,60,web,CA,1-May-06,10500000,USD,b
; omnidrive,Omnidrive,,web,CA,1-Dec-06,800000,USD,angel
; geni,Geni,18,web,CA,1-Jan-07,1500000,USD,a
; twitter,Twitter,17,web,CA,1-Jul-07,5400000,USD,b
; stumbleupon,StumbleUpon,,web,CA,1-Dec-05,1500000,USD,seed
; gizmoz,Gizmoz,,web,CA,1-May-07,6300000,USD,a
; mahalo,Mahalo,40,web,CA,1-Jan-06,5000000,USD,a