Lua

CSV Get Contents of Cell

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

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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

local bCrlf = true
local sb = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
sb:append_line("permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round", bCrlf)
sb:append_line("lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b", bCrlf)
sb:append_line("mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed", bCrlf)
sb:append_line("flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a", bCrlf)
sb:append_line("infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a", bCrlf)
sb:append_line("gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed", bCrlf)

local csv = chilkat.Csv.new()

-- Indicate that the 1st line contains column names.
csv.has_column_names = true
local success = csv:load_from_string(sb:get_as_string())

-- 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.)
local cellContent = csv:get_cell(1, 4)
print(cellContent)

-- Output should be "Scottsdale".