Perl

CSV Append New Row

Demonstrates how to append a new row to a CSV. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# 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

my $bCrlf = 1;
my $sb = Chilkat2::StringBuilder->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);

my $csv = Chilkat2::Csv->new;

$csv->HasColumnNames(1);
my $success = $csv->LoadFromString($sb->GetAsString());

# Let's say we want to append the following row:
# yelp,Yelp,,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Jul-04,1000000,USD,a

# If we have the row as-is, we could do this:
my $csvTemp = Chilkat2::Csv->new;
$success = $csvTemp->LoadFromString('yelp,Yelp,,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Jul-04,1000000,USD,a');
my $numCols = $csvTemp->NumColumns;
my $i = 0;
my $row = $csv->NumRows;
while ($i < $numCols) {
    $csv->SetCell($row, $i, $csvTemp->GetCell(0, $i));
    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Show the updated CSV:
print $csv->SaveToString(), "\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,Gilbert,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