B4X

CSV Get Contents of Cell using Row Index and Column Name

Demonstrates the GetCellByName method. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = 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

Dim bCrlf As Boolean = True
Dim sb As ChilkatStringBuilder
sb.Initialize
sb.AppendLine("permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round", bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b", bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed", bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a", bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a", bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed", bCrlf)

Dim csv As ChilkatCsv
csv.Initialize

csv.HasColumnNames = True
success = csv.LoadFromString(sb.GetAsString)

'  Get the contents of the cell at row 2 for the "city" column, which is "Scottsdale".
'  Indexes are 0-based.  The 2nd row is at index 14.
'  (The row of column names is not a data row.)
Dim cellContent As String = csv.GetCellByName(1, "city")
Log(cellContent)

'  Output should be "Scottsdale".