Perl

CSV Set Cell by Index or Name

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

use chilkat();

$success = 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

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

$csv = chilkat::CkCsv->new();

$csv->put_HasColumnNames(1);
$success = $csv->LoadFromString($sb->getAsString());

# Update the city "Gilbert" to "Tuscon".
$csv->SetCell(3,4,"Tuscon");

# Add a new row.
$row_idx = $csv->get_NumRows();
$csv->SetCellByName($row_idx,"permalink","yelp");
$csv->SetCellByName($row_idx,"company","Yelp");
$csv->SetCellByName($row_idx,"numEmps","");
$csv->SetCellByName($row_idx,"category","web");
$csv->SetCellByName($row_idx,"city","San Francisco");
$csv->SetCellByName($row_idx,"state","CA");
$csv->SetCellByName($row_idx,"fundedDate","1-Jul-04");
$csv->SetCellByName($row_idx,"raisedAmt","1000000");
$csv->SetCellByName($row_idx,"raisedCurrency","USD");
$csv->SetCellByName($row_idx,"round","a");

# Show the updated CSV:
print $csv->saveToString() . "\r\n";

# 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