Lianja

CSV Set Cell by Index or Name

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

llSuccess = .F.

// 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

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

loCsv = createobject("CkCsv")

loCsv.HasColumnNames = .T.
llSuccess = 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