Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Read Japanese utf-8 CSV File

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Demonstrates how to read a utf-8 .csv file containing some Japanese characters. Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Csv;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  csv: TCsv;
  row: Integer;
  n: Integer;

begin
  success := False;

  //  This example program loads a file (japanese.csv)
  //  that contains this content:
  //  
  //  year,color,country,food
  //  2001,red,France,cheese
  //  2005,blue,"United States",hamburger
  //  2008,green,Italy,pasta
  //  1998,orange,Japan,sushi
  //  2010,silver,"太志","森田"
  //  

  csv := TCsv.Create;

  //  Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
  //  should be treated as column names:
  csv.HasColumnNames := True;

  //  Load the CSV records from the file.
  //  Important: Make sure to call LoadFile2 so that the charset (utf-8)
  //  of the CSV file can be indicated.
  success := csv.LoadFile2('qa_data/csv/japanese.csv','utf-8');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(csv.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Display the contents of the 3rd column

  n := csv.NumRows;
  for row := 0 to n - 1 do
    begin
      WriteLn(csv.GetCell(row,2));
    end;



  csv.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.