Visual FoxPro

CSV Get Contents of Cell

Demonstrates the GetCell method (to get the contents of a cell by row/column index). Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lnBCrlf
LOCAL loSb
LOCAL loCsv
LOCAL lcCellContent

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())

*  Get the contents of the cell at row 2 column 5, which is "Scottsdale".
*  Indexes are 0-based.  The 2nd row is at index 1, and the 5th column is at index 4.
*  (The row of column names is not a data row.)
lcCellContent = loCsv.GetCell(1,4)
? lcCellContent

*  Output should be "Scottsdale".

RELEASE loSb
RELEASE loCsv