JavaScript

Read Japanese utf-8 CSV File

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

var success = 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"
// 

var csv = new CkCsv();

// 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) {
    console.log(csv.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Display the contents of the 3rd column
var row;
var n = csv.NumRows;
for (row = 0; row <= n - 1; row++) {
    console.log(csv.GetCell(row,2));
}