Xojo Plugin

CSV Special Chars - Comma, Double-Quotes

See more CSV Examples

The Chilkat CSV class/component automatically handles special characters which include double-quotes, and the delimiter character (comma or semicolon).

The Chilkat CSV library/component/class is freeware. The downloads for .NET, C++, Perl, Java, Ruby, and Python contain all of the Chilkat classes, some of which are freeware and some of which require licensing.

Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// 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

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:

success = csv.LoadFile("sample.csv")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(csv.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// A field may contain the delimiter character (in this case
// the delimiter is a comma):
// Change "cheese" to "cheese,baguette"
// ("cheese" is at row=0, column=3
success = csv.SetCell(0,3,"cheese,baguette")

// A field may also contain double-quotes:
// Change blue to shiny "metallic" blue
success = csv.SetCell(1,1,"shiny ""metallic"" blue")

// Write the updated CSV to a string and display:
Dim csvDoc As String
csvDoc = csv.SaveToString()
System.DebugLog(csvDoc)

// Save the CSV to a file:
success = csv.SaveFile("out.csv")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(csv.LastErrorText)
End If

// The out.csv contains this:
// year,color,country,food
// 2001,red,France,"cheese,baguette"
// 2005,"shiny ""metallic"" blue","United States",hamburger
// 2008,green,Italy,pasta
// 1998,orange,Japan,sush