Perl

CSV Get Contents of Cell

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

# Indicate that the 1st line contains column names.
$csv->HasColumnNames(1);
my $success = $csv->LoadFromString($sb->GetAsString());

# 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.)
my $cellContent = $csv->GetCell(1, 4);
print $cellContent, "\n";

# Output should be "Scottsdale".