Visual FoxPro

CSV Column Names

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Demonstrates how to access CSV column names.

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Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loCsv
LOCAL i
LOCAL lcColName
LOCAL lnIdx

lnSuccess = 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

loCsv = CreateObject('Chilkat.Csv')

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

*  Load the CSV records from the file:

lnSuccess = loCsv.LoadFile("sample.csv")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loCsv.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loCsv
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  Display the column names:

FOR i = 0 TO loCsv.NumColumns - 1
    lcColName = loCsv.GetColumnName(i)
    ? STR(i) + ": " + lcColName

    *  The following line demonstrates to to get the column
    *  index given a column name:
    lnIdx = loCsv.GetIndex(lcColName)
    ? lcColName + " is at column index " + STR(lnIdx)
NEXT

RELEASE loCsv