Xbase++

CSV Load from String

Demonstrates the LoadFromString method. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL nBCrlf
LOCAL oSb
LOCAL oCsv

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
//  chosenlist-com,ChosenList.com,5,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Oct-06,140000,USD,seed
//  digg,Digg,60,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Oct-05,2800000,USD,a
//  facebook,Facebook,450,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-Sep-04,500000,USD,angel
//  facebook,Facebook,450,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-May-05,12700000,USD,a
//  photobucket,Photobucket,60,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-May-06,10500000,USD,b
//  omnidrive,Omnidrive,,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-Dec-06,800000,USD,angel
//  geni,Geni,18,web,West Hollywood,CA,1-Jan-07,1500000,USD,a
//  twitter,Twitter,17,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Jul-07,5400000,USD,b
//  stumbleupon,StumbleUpon,,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Dec-05,1500000,USD,seed
//  gizmoz,Gizmoz,,web,Menlo Park,CA,1-May-07,6300000,USD,a
//  mahalo,Mahalo,40,web,Santa Monica,CA,1-Jan-06,5000000,USD,a

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)
oSb:AppendLine("chosenlist-com,ChosenList.com,5,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Oct-06,140000,USD,seed", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("digg,Digg,60,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Oct-05,2800000,USD,a", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("facebook,Facebook,450,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-Sep-04,500000,USD,angel", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("facebook,Facebook,450,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-May-05,12700000,USD,a", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("photobucket,Photobucket,60,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-May-06,10500000,USD,b", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("omnidrive,Omnidrive,,web,Palo Alto,CA,1-Dec-06,800000,USD,angel", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("geni,Geni,18,web,West Hollywood,CA,1-Jan-07,1500000,USD,a", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("twitter,Twitter,17,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Jul-07,5400000,USD,b", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("stumbleupon,StumbleUpon,,web,San Francisco,CA,1-Dec-05,1500000,USD,seed", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("gizmoz,Gizmoz,,web,Menlo Park,CA,1-May-07,6300000,USD,a", nBCrlf)
oSb:AppendLine("mahalo,Mahalo,40,web,Santa Monica,CA,1-Jan-06,5000000,USD,a", nBCrlf)

oCsv := CreateObject("Chilkat.Csv")

//  Indicate that the 1st line contains column names.
oCsv:HasColumnNames := 1
nSuccess := oCsv:LoadFromString(oSb:GetAsString())

oSb:destroy()
oCsv:destroy()