(VB.NET) CSV Get Contents of Cell

Demonstrates the GetCell method (to get the contents of a cell by row/column index).

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' 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


Dim success As Boolean
Dim bCrlf As Boolean = True
Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
sb.AppendLine("permalink,company,numEmps,category,city,state,fundedDate,raisedAmt,raisedCurrency,round",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("lifelock,LifeLock,,web,Tempe,AZ,1-May-07,6850000,USD,b",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("mycityfaces,MyCityFaces,7,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,50000,USD,seed",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("flypaper,Flypaper,,web,Phoenix,AZ,1-Feb-08,3000000,USD,a",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("infusionsoft,Infusionsoft,105,software,Gilbert,AZ,1-Oct-07,9000000,USD,a",bCrlf)
sb.AppendLine("gauto,gAuto,4,web,Scottsdale,AZ,1-Jan-08,250000,USD,seed",bCrlf)

Dim csv As New Chilkat.Csv

' Indicate that the 1st line contains column names.
csv.HasColumnNames = True
success = csv.LoadFromString(sb.GetAsString())

' Get the contents of the cell at row 2 column 5, which is "Scottsdale".
' Indexes are 0-based.  The 2nd row is at index 1, and the 5th column is at index 4.
' (The row of column names is not a data row.)
Dim cellContent As String = csv.GetCell(1,4)
Debug.WriteLine(cellContent)

' Output should be "Scottsdale"