(Visual FoxPro) CSV Set Column Name

Demonstrates how to set the name of a column in a CSV.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lnBCrlf
LOCAL loSb
LOCAL loCsv
LOCAL lnNumCols
LOCAL i

* We have the following CSV...

* permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round
* lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b
* mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed
* flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a
* infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a
* gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed

lnBCrlf = 1
* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loSb = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loSb.AppendLine("permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round",lnBCrlf)
loSb.AppendLine("lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b",lnBCrlf)
loSb.AppendLine("mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed",lnBCrlf)
loSb.AppendLine("flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a",lnBCrlf)
loSb.AppendLine("infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a",lnBCrlf)
loSb.AppendLine("gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed",lnBCrlf)

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Csv')
loCsv = CreateObject('Chilkat.Csv')

loCsv.HasColumnNames = 1
lnSuccess = loCsv.LoadFromString(loSb.GetAsString())

* Get each column name..
lnNumCols = loCsv.NumColumns
i = 0
DO WHILE i < lnNumCols
    ? loCsv.GetColumnName(i)
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
? "---"

* Change the "numEmps" column name to "employeeCount"
lnSuccess = loCsv.SetColumnName(2,"employeeCount")

lnNumCols = loCsv.NumColumns
i = 0
DO WHILE i < lnNumCols
    ? loCsv.GetColumnName(i)
    i = i + 1
ENDDO

* Use the updated column name...
? "---"
? loCsv.GetCellByName(3,"employeeCount")

* Output should be:

* permalink
* company
* numEmps
* category
* city
* state
* fundedDate
* raisedAmt
* raisedCurrency
* round
* ---
* permalink
* company
* employeeCount
* category
* city
* state
* fundedDate
* raisedAmt
* raisedCurrency
* round
* ---
* 105

RELEASE loSb
RELEASE loCsv