(Perl) Read Japanese utf-8 CSV File

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

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use chilkat();

# 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,"",""
# 

$csv = chilkat::CkCsv->new();

# Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
# should be treated as column names:
$csv->put_HasColumnNames(1);

# 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 != 1) {
    print $csv->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Display the contents of the 3rd column

$n = $csv->get_NumRows();
for ($row = 0; $row <= $n - 1; $row++) {
    print $csv->getCell($row,2) . "\r\n";
}