Perl

CSV Set Cell by Index or Name

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

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

# Add a new row.
my $row_idx = $csv->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(), "\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