Xbase++

CSV Append New Row

Demonstrates how to append a new row to a CSV. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL nBCrlf
LOCAL oSb
LOCAL oCsv
LOCAL oCsvTemp
LOCAL nNumCols
LOCAL i
LOCAL nRow

nSuccess := 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

nBCrlf := 1
oSb := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSb:AppendLine("permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed", nBCrlf)

oCsv := CreateObject("Chilkat.Csv")

oCsv:HasColumnNames := 1
nSuccess := oCsv:LoadFromString(oSb: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:
oCsvTemp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Csv")
nSuccess := oCsvTemp:LoadFromString("yelp,Yelp,,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Jul-04,1000000,USD,a")
nNumCols := oCsvTemp:NumColumns
i := 0
nRow := oCsv:NumRows
DO WHILE i < nNumCols
    oCsv:SetCell(nRow, i, oCsvTemp:GetCell(0, i))
    i := i + 1
ENDDO

//  Show the updated CSV:
? oCsv:SaveToString()

//  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

oSb:destroy()
oCsv:destroy()
oCsvTemp:destroy()