Xbase++

CSV Column Names

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Demonstrates how to access CSV column names.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oCsv
LOCAL i
LOCAL cColName
LOCAL nIdx

nSuccess := 0

//  This example program loads a file (sample.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
//  
//  The first row contains the column names.
//  This file is available at:
//  http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testData/sample.csv

oCsv := CreateObject("Chilkat.Csv")

//  Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
//  should be treated as column names:
oCsv:HasColumnNames := 1

//  Load the CSV records from the file:

nSuccess := oCsv:LoadFile("sample.csv")
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oCsv:LastErrorText
    oCsv:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Display the column names:

FOR i := 0 TO oCsv:NumColumns - 1
    cColName := oCsv:GetColumnName(i)
    ? Str(i) + ": " + cColName

    //  The following line demonstrates to to get the column
    //  index given a column name:
    nIdx := oCsv:GetIndex(cColName)
    ? cColName + " is at column index " + Str(nIdx)
NEXT

oCsv:destroy()