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CSV Special Chars - Comma, Double-Quotes

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The Chilkat CSV class/component automatically handles special characters which include double-quotes, and the delimiter character (comma or semicolon).

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oCsv
LOCAL cCsvDoc

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

//  A field may contain the delimiter character (in this case
//  the delimiter is a comma):
//  Change "cheese" to "cheese,baguette"
//  ("cheese" is at row=0, column=3
nSuccess := oCsv:SetCell(0, 3, "cheese,baguette")

//  A field may also contain double-quotes:
//  Change blue to shiny "metallic" blue
nSuccess := oCsv:SetCell(1, 1, 'shiny "metallic" blue')

//  Write the updated CSV to a string and display:

cCsvDoc := oCsv:SaveToString()
? cCsvDoc

//  Save the CSV to a file:
nSuccess := oCsv:SaveFile("out.csv")
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oCsv:LastErrorText
ENDIF

//  The out.csv contains this:
//  year,color,country,food
//  2001,red,France,"cheese,baguette"
//  2005,"shiny ""metallic"" blue","United States",hamburger
//  2008,green,Italy,pasta
//  1998,orange,Japan,sushi

oCsv:destroy()