Xbase++

Read CSV File

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Demonstrates how to read a .csv file and access the contents.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oCsv
LOCAL nRow
LOCAL n

nSuccess := 0

//  This example program loads a file (sample.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
//  
//  The first row contains the column names.
//  This file is available at:
//  http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testData/sample.csv

oCsv := CreateObject("Chilkat.Csv")

//  Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
//  should be treated as column names:
oCsv:HasColumnNames := 1

//  Load the CSV records from the file:

nSuccess := oCsv:LoadFile("sample.csv")
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oCsv:LastErrorText
    oCsv:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Display the contents of the 3rd column (i.e. the country names)

n := oCsv:NumRows
FOR nRow := 0 TO n - 1
    ? oCsv:GetCell(nRow, 2)
NEXT

oCsv:destroy()