(Lianja) CSV Insert Column

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Insert a new column into an existing CSV.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.89 or greater because the InsertColumn method was added in v9.5.0.89.

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loCsv = createobject("CkCsv")

// Load the following CSV:

//  Name;City;Weight
//  John;Chicago;180
//  Lisa;Denver;120

// Indicate that the 1st line contains column names.
loCsv.HasColumnNames = .T.
llSuccess = loCsv.LoadFile("qa_data/csv/insertColumnTest.csv")

// We can insert a column before the 1st column.
loCsv.InsertColumn(0)

? loCsv.SaveToString()

// The CSV now looks like this:

//  ;Name;City;Weight
//  ;John;Chicago;180
//  ;Lisa;Denver;120

// Set the cells in column 0.

lnCol = 0
loCsv.SetColumnName(lnCol,"id")
loCsv.SetCell(0,lnCol,"100")
loCsv.SetCell(1,lnCol,"101")

? loCsv.SaveToString()

// We now have:

//  id;Name;City;Weight
//  100;John;Chicago;180
//  101;Lisa;Denver;120

// Insert a new column between City and Weight
// In other words, add a new column before the Weight column.
lnWeightColumn = loCsv.GetIndex("Weight")
? "Weight Column Index = " + str(lnWeightColumn)
loCsv.InsertColumn(lnWeightColumn)

? loCsv.SaveToString()

// We now have:

//  id;Name;City;;Weight
//  100;John;Chicago;;180
//  101;Lisa;Denver;;120

// Set the cells in the new column:

loCsv.SetColumnName(lnWeightColumn,"Height")
loCsv.SetCell(0,lnWeightColumn,'6' 2"')
loCsv.SetCell(1,lnWeightColumn,'5' 7"')

? loCsv.SaveToString()

// We now have:

//  id;Name;City;Height;Weight
//  100;John;Chicago;"6' 2""";180
//  101;Lisa;Denver;"5' 7""";120


release loCsv