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Read Japanese utf-8 CSV File

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

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$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"
# 

$csv = New-Object Chilkat.Csv

# 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 -ne $true) {
    $($csv.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Display the contents of the 3rd column

$n = $csv.NumRows
for ($row = 0; $row -le $n - 1; $row++) {
    $($csv.GetCell($row,2))
}