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Read Japanese utf-8 CSV File

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Demonstrates how to read a utf-8 .csv file containing some Japanese characters. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

'  This example program loads a file (japanese.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
'  2010,silver,"太志","森田"
'  

Dim csv As ChilkatCsv
csv.Initialize

'  Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
'  should be treated as column names:
csv.HasColumnNames = True

'  Load the CSV records from the file.
'  Important: Make sure to call LoadFile2 so that the charset (utf-8)
'  of the CSV file can be indicated.
success = csv.LoadFile2("qa_data/csv/japanese.csv", "utf-8")
If success <> True Then
    Log(csv.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Display the contents of the 3rd column
Dim row As Int
Dim n As Int = csv.NumRows
For row = 0 To n - 1
    Log(csv.GetCell(row, 2))
Next