Visual FoxPro

CSV Get Contents of Cell using Row Index and Column Name

Demonstrates the GetCellByName method. 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')

loCsv.HasColumnNames = 1
lnSuccess = loCsv.LoadFromString(loSb.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.)
lcCellContent = loCsv.GetCellByName(1,"city")
? lcCellContent

* Output should be "Scottsdale"

RELEASE loSb
RELEASE loCsv