B4X

CSV Set Cell by Index or Name

Demonstrates how to update the value of a CSV cell, or add new cells. 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)

'  Update the city "Gilbert" to "Tuscon".
csv.SetCell(3, 4, "Tuscon")

'  Add a new row.
Dim row_idx As Int = csv.NumRows
csv.SetCellByName(row_idx, "permalink", "yelp")
csv.SetCellByName(row_idx, "company", "Yelp")
csv.SetCellByName(row_idx, "numEmps", "")
csv.SetCellByName(row_idx, "category", "web")
csv.SetCellByName(row_idx, "city", "San Francisco")
csv.SetCellByName(row_idx, "state", "CA")
csv.SetCellByName(row_idx, "fundedDate", "1-Jul-04")
csv.SetCellByName(row_idx, "raisedAmt", "1000000")
csv.SetCellByName(row_idx, "raisedCurrency", "USD")
csv.SetCellByName(row_idx, "round", "a")

'  Show the updated CSV:
Log(csv.SaveToString)

'  Output should be:
'  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,Tuscon,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a
'  gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed
'  yelp,Yelp,,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Jul-04,1000000,USD,a