Visual FoxPro

CSV Delete Column by Name

Demonstrates the DeleteColumnByName method. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lnBCrlf
LOCAL loSb
LOCAL loCsv

lnSuccess = 0

* 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

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')

* Indicate that the 1st line contains column names.
loCsv.HasColumnNames = 1
lnSuccess = loCsv.LoadFromString(loSb.GetAsString())

* Delete the "city" column.
lnSuccess = loCsv.DeleteColumnByName("city")

? loCsv.SaveToString()

* 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

RELEASE loSb
RELEASE loCsv