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CSV.javaAPI DocExample3207Thu Sep 27 11:47:58 BST 2001None

CSV

public class CSV extends Object
Parse comma-separated values (CSV), a common Windows file format. Sample input: "LU",86.25,"11/4/1998","2:19PM",+4.0625

Inner logic adapted from a C++ original that was Copyright (C) 1999 Lucent Technologies Excerpted from 'The Practice of Programming' by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike.

Included by permission of the http://tpop.awl.com/ web site, which says: "You may use this code for any purpose, as long as you leave the copyright notice and book citation attached." I have done so.

author
Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike (C++ original)
author
Ian F. Darwin (translation into Java and removal of I/O)
author
Ben Ballard (rewrote advQuoted to handle '""' and for readability)

Fields Summary
public static final char
DEFAULT_SEP
protected ArrayList
list
The fields in the current String
protected char
fieldSep
the separator char for this parser
Constructors Summary
public CSV()
Construct a CSV parser, with the default separator (`,').


	          
	  
		this(DEFAULT_SEP);
public CSV(char sep)
Construct a CSV parser with a given separator. Must be exactly the string that is the separator, not a list of separator characters!

		fieldSep = sep;
Methods Summary
protected intadvPlain(java.lang.String s, java.lang.StringBuffer sb, int i)
advPlain: unquoted field; return index of next separator

		int j;

		j = s.indexOf(fieldSep, i); // look for separator
		Debug.println("csv", "i = " + i + ", j = " + j);
        if (j == -1) {               	// none found
            sb.append(s.substring(i));
            return s.length();
        } else {
            sb.append(s.substring(i, j));
            return j;
        }
protected intadvQuoted(java.lang.String s, java.lang.StringBuffer sb, int i)
advQuoted: quoted field; return index of next separator

		int j;
		int len= s.length();
        for (j=i; j<len; j++) {
            if (s.charAt(j) == '"" && j+1 < len) {
                if (s.charAt(j+1) == '"") {
                    j++; // skip escape char
                } else if (s.charAt(j+1) == fieldSep) { //next delimeter
                    j++; // skip end quotes
                    break;
                }
            } else if (s.charAt(j) == '"" && j+1 == len) { // end quotes at end of line
                break; //done
			}
			sb.append(s.charAt(j));	// regular character.
		}
		return j;
public java.util.Iteratorparse(java.lang.String line)
parse: break the input String into fields

return
java.util.Iterator containing each field from the original as a String, in order.


	                     	 
	   
	
		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
		list.clear();			// discard previous, if any
		int i = 0;

		if (line.length() == 0) {
			list.add(line);
			return list.iterator();
		}

		do {
            sb.setLength(0);
            if (i < line.length() && line.charAt(i) == '"")
                i = advQuoted(line, sb, ++i);	// skip quote
            else
                i = advPlain(line, sb, i);
            list.add(sb.toString());
            Debug.println("csv", sb.toString());
			i++;
		} while (i < line.length());

		return list.iterator();