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CSV Column Names

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Demonstrates how to access CSV column names.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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

    const csv = try chilkat.Csv.init();
    defer csv.deinit();

    // Prior to loading the CSV file, indicate that the 1st row
    // should be treated as column names:
    csv.setHasColumnNames(true);

    // Load the CSV records from the file:

    csv.loadFile("sample.csv") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try csv.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Display the column names:
    var i: i32 = 0;
    var col_name: [:0]const u8 = "";
    var idx: i32 = 0;
    i = 0;
    while (i < csv.getNumColumns()) : (i += 1) {
        col_name = try csv.getColumnName(alloc, i);
        std.debug.print("{d}: {s}\n", .{ i, col_name });

        // The following line demonstrates to to get the column
        // index given a column name:
        idx = csv.getIndex(col_name);
        std.debug.print("{s} is at column index {d}\n", .{ col_name, idx });
    }
}