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CSV Append a Column with Values

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Append an additional column and initialize with a value. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lnBCrlf
LOCAL loSb
LOCAL loCsv
LOCAL lnNumColumns
LOCAL lnNumRows
LOCAL lnColumnIdx
LOCAL i

lnSuccess = 0

* First initialize the CSV with content.  

* 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

lnBCrlf = 1
loSb = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loSb.AppendLine("permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round",lnBCrlf)
loSb.AppendLine("lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b",lnBCrlf)
loSb.AppendLine("mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed",lnBCrlf)
loSb.AppendLine("flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a",lnBCrlf)
loSb.AppendLine("infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a",lnBCrlf)
loSb.AppendLine("gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed",lnBCrlf)

loCsv = CreateObject('Chilkat.Csv')

loCsv.HasColumnNames = 1
lnSuccess = loCsv.LoadFromString(loSb.GetAsString())

* Show the initial CSV:
? loCsv.SaveToString()
? "----"

* Now let's add a new rightmost column.
lnNumColumns = loCsv.NumColumns
lnNumRows = loCsv.NumRows

* Set the column name.
lnColumnIdx = lnNumColumns
loCsv.SetColumnName(lnColumnIdx,"new_column")

* Add the column to each row.
i = 0
DO WHILE i < lnNumRows
    loCsv.SetCell(i,lnColumnIdx,"newData")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO

* Show the updated CSV:
? loCsv.SaveToString()

RELEASE loSb
RELEASE loCsv