(VB.NET) Read Japanese utf-8 CSV File

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

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' 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,"",""
' 

Dim csv As New 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.
Dim success As Boolean = csv.LoadFile2("qa_data/csv/japanese.csv","utf-8")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(csv.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Display the contents of the 3rd column
Dim row As Integer
Dim n As Integer = csv.NumRows
For row = 0 To n - 1
    Debug.WriteLine(csv.GetCell(row,2))
Next