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Read Japanese utf-8 CSV File

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Demonstrates how to read a utf-8 .csv file containing some Japanese characters.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkCsvW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkCsvW csv;
    int row;
    int n;

    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 = CkCsvW_Create();

    // Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
    // should be treated as column names:
    CkCsvW_putHasColumnNames(csv,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 = CkCsvW_LoadFile2(csv,L"qa_data/csv/japanese.csv",L"utf-8");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkCsvW_lastErrorText(csv));
        CkCsvW_Dispose(csv);
        return;
    }

    // Display the contents of the 3rd column

    n = CkCsvW_getNumRows(csv);
    for (row = 0; row <= n - 1; row++) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkCsvW_getCell(csv,row,2));
    }



    CkCsvW_Dispose(csv);

    }