C

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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C

#include <C_CkCsv.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkCsv csv;
    const char *csvDoc;

    success = FALSE;

    //  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

    csv = CkCsv_Create();

    //  Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
    //  should be treated as column names:
    CkCsv_putHasColumnNames(csv,TRUE);

    //  Load the CSV records from the file:

    success = CkCsv_LoadFile(csv,"sample.csv");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkCsv_lastErrorText(csv));
        CkCsv_Dispose(csv);
        return;
    }

    //  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
    success = CkCsv_SetCell(csv,0,3,"cheese,baguette");

    //  A field may also contain double-quotes:
    //  Change blue to shiny "metallic" blue
    success = CkCsv_SetCell(csv,1,1,"shiny \"metallic\" blue");

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

    csvDoc = CkCsv_saveToString(csv);
    printf("%s\n",csvDoc);

    //  Save the CSV to a file:
    success = CkCsv_SaveFile(csv,"out.csv");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkCsv_lastErrorText(csv));
    }

    //  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


    CkCsv_Dispose(csv);

    }