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Module std.csv

Implements functionality to read Comma Separated Values and its variants from a input range of dchar.

Comma Separated Values provide a simple means to transfer and store tabular data. It has been common for programs to use their own variant of the CSV format. This parser will loosely follow the RFC-4180. CSV input should adhered to the following criteria, differences from RFC-4180 in parentheses.

Example

import std.algorithm;
import std.array;
import std.csv;
import std.stdio;
import std.typecons;

void main()
{
    auto text = "Joe,Carpenter,300000\nFred,Blacksmith,400000\r\n";

    foreach(record; csvReader!(Tuple!(string, string, int))(text))
    {
        writefln("%s works as a %s and earns $%d per year",
                 record[0], record[1], record[2]);
    }

    // To read the same string from the file "filename.csv":

    auto file = File("filename.csv", "r");
    foreach(record;
        file.byLine.joiner("\n").csvReader!(Tuple!(string, string, int)))
    {
        writefln("%s works as a %s and earns $%d per year",
                 record[0], record[1], record[2]);
    }
}
}

When an input contains a header the Contents can be specified as an associative array. Passing null to signify that a header is present.

auto text = "Name,Occupation,Salary\r"
    "Joe,Carpenter,300000\nFred,Blacksmith,400000\r\n";

foreach(record; csvReader!(string[string])
        (text, null))
{
    writefln("%s works as a %s and earns $%s per year.",
             record["Name"], record["Occupation"],
             record["Salary"]);
}

This module allows content to be iterated by record stored in a struct, class, associative array, or as a range of fields. Upon detection of an error an CSVException is thrown (can be disabled). csvNextToken has been made public to allow for attempted recovery.

Disabling exceptions will lift many restrictions specified above. A quote can appear in a field if the field was not quoted. If in a quoted field any quote by itself, not at the end of a field, will end processing for that field. The field is ended when there is no input, even if the quote was not closed.

See Also

Wikipedia Comma-separated values

Functions

Name Description
csvNextToken Lower level control over parsing CSV
csvReader Returns an input range for iterating over records found in input.
csvReader An optional header can be provided. The first record will be read in as the header. If Contents is a struct then the header provided is expected to correspond to the fields in the struct. When Contents is not a type which can contain the entire record, the header must be provided in the same order as the input or an exception is thrown.
csvReader

Classes

Name Description
CSVException Exception containing the row and column for when an exception was thrown.
HeaderMismatchException Exception thrown under different conditions based on the type of Contents.
IncompleteCellException Exception thrown when a Token is identified to not be completed: a quote is found in an unquoted field, data continues after a closing quote, or the quoted field was not closed before data was empty.

Enums

Name Description
Malformed Determines the behavior for when an error is detected.

Authors

Jesse Phillips

License

Boost License 1.0.

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