Visual FoxPro

CSV Set Cell by Index or Name

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

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lnBCrlf
LOCAL loSb
LOCAL loCsv
LOCAL lnRow_idx

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())

*  Update the city "Gilbert" to "Tuscon".
loCsv.SetCell(3,4,"Tuscon")

*  Add a new row.
lnRow_idx = loCsv.NumRows
loCsv.SetCellByName(lnRow_idx,"permalink","yelp")
loCsv.SetCellByName(lnRow_idx,"company","Yelp")
loCsv.SetCellByName(lnRow_idx,"numEmps","")
loCsv.SetCellByName(lnRow_idx,"category","web")
loCsv.SetCellByName(lnRow_idx,"city","San Francisco")
loCsv.SetCellByName(lnRow_idx,"state","CA")
loCsv.SetCellByName(lnRow_idx,"fundedDate","1-Jul-04")
loCsv.SetCellByName(lnRow_idx,"raisedAmt","1000000")
loCsv.SetCellByName(lnRow_idx,"raisedCurrency","USD")
loCsv.SetCellByName(lnRow_idx,"round","a")

*  Show the updated CSV:
? loCsv.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

RELEASE loSb
RELEASE loCsv