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CSV Special Chars - Comma, Double-Quotes

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The Chilkat CSV class/component automatically handles special characters which include double-quotes, and the delimiter character (comma or semicolon).

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Local $bSuccess = 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

$oCsv = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Csv")

;  Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
;  should be treated as column names:
$oCsv.HasColumnNames = True

;  Load the CSV records from the file:

$bSuccess = $oCsv.LoadFile("sample.csv")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oCsv.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  A field may contain the delimiter character (in this case
;  the delimiter is a comma):
;  Change "cheese" to "cheese,baguette"
;  ("cheese" is at row=0, column=3
$bSuccess = $oCsv.SetCell(0,3,"cheese,baguette")

;  A field may also contain double-quotes:
;  Change blue to shiny "metallic" blue
$bSuccess = $oCsv.SetCell(1,1,"shiny ""metallic"" blue")

;  Write the updated CSV to a string and display:
Local $sCsvDoc
$sCsvDoc = $oCsv.SaveToString()
ConsoleWrite($sCsvDoc & @CRLF)

;  Save the CSV to a file:
$bSuccess = $oCsv.SaveFile("out.csv")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oCsv.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
EndIf

;  The out.csv contains this:
;  year,color,country,food
;  2001,red,France,"cheese,baguette"
;  2005,"shiny ""metallic"" blue","United States",hamburger
;  2008,green,Italy,pasta
;  1998,orange,Japan,sushi