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CSVDocument: proposed update
« on: October 24, 2014, 02:31:55 pm »
(I'll also get in touch with the csvdocument author)

Please find below a proposed new version of csvdocument.

Changes since latest svn version:
- commented procedures/functions/properties
- fixed TrimEmptyCells[1]

Symptom: when there is (an) empty cell(s) between non-empty cell(s) in a row, it/they are also deleted, changing the order of the cells.

run test program
Code: [Select]
program trimtest;

{$mode objfpc}{$H+}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}{$IFDEF UseCThreads}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}{$ENDIF}
  Sysutils, Classes, CSVDocument;
var
  Doc:TCSVDocument;

procedure DumpDocument;
var
  col,row:integer;
begin
  writeln('Dump document - cells enclosed by *:');
  for row:=0 to Doc.RowCount-1 do
  begin
    writeln('Row: '+inttostr(Row));
    col:=0;
    while Col>=0 do
    begin

      if Doc.HasCell(col,row) then
      begin
        writeln('*'+Doc.Cells[col,row]+'*');
        col:=col+1;
      end
      else
      begin
        Col:=-1; //next row
      end;
    end;
    writeln(''); //end of row
  end;
  writeln('');
end;

begin
  Doc:=TCSVDocument.Create;
  try
    Doc.Delimiter:=';';
    Doc.LineEnding:=LineEnding;
    Doc.EqualColCountPerRow:=true;
    Doc.QuoteChar:='"';

    {
    Doc.AddCell(0,'Jim');
    Doc.AddCell(0,'Beam');
    Doc.AddCell(0,'47');
    Doc.AddCell(0,'male');
    Doc.AddRow('EmptyEnd');
    Doc.AddCell(1,'');
    Doc.AddCell(1,'20');
    Doc.AddCell(1,'');
    Doc.AddRow('EmptyMiddle');
    Doc.AddCell(2,'');
    Doc.AddCell(2,'');
    Doc.AddCell(2,'male');
    Doc.AddRow('Quoted');
    Doc.AddCell(3,'"The Butcher" Foley');
    Doc.AddCell(3,'38');
    Doc.AddCell(3,'male');
    }

    Doc.CSVText:=
      'Jim;Beam;47;male'+LineEnding+
      'Null;;20;unknown'+LineEnding+
      'Arnold;;"male"'+LineEnding+
      'Soy;Hon;;'+LineEnding+
      'Bob;"""The Hammer"" Williams";;male';

    DumpDocument;

    writeln('csvtext: ');
    //writing out csv text with quoted stuff works.
    writeln(Doc.CSVText);
    writeln('');

    // Test bug fix for RemoveTrailingEmptyCells
    writeln('RemoveTrailingEmptyCells:');
    Doc.RemoveTrailingEmptyCells;
    writeln('csvtext: ');
    writeln(Doc.CSVText);
    writeln('');
  finally
    Doc.Free;
  end;
end.

Before fix - see record starting with Null for symptom:
Code: [Select]
csvtext:
Jim;Beam;47;male
Null;;20;unknown
Arnold;;male;
Soy;Hon;;
Bob;"""The Hammer"" Williams";;male

RemoveTrailingEmptyCells:
csvtext:
Jim;Beam;47;male
Null;20;unknown;
Arnold;male;;
Soy;Hon;;
Bob;"""The Hammer"" Williams";male;

After fix:
Code: [Select]
csvtext:
Jim;Beam;47;male
Null;;20;unknown
Arnold;;male;
Soy;Hon;;
Bob;"""The Hammer"" Williams";;male


RemoveTrailingEmptyCells:
csvtext:
Jim;Beam;47;male
Null;;20;unknown
Arnold;;male;
Soy;Hon;;
Bob;"""The Hammer"" Williams";;male

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Re: CSVDocument: proposed update
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2017, 01:14:27 pm »
Great!

And IMHO the testing code is so much easier to read as a first intro to csvdocument than the example on http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/CsvDocument

May I suggest that someone adds the above example to the documentation?

Kind regards
Michael

 

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