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creating and parsing csv files
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m winzenburg
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Joined: Jul 17, 2002
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Has anyone written any code to create or parse CSV files? I saw a post awhile back about some freeware, but I'm not sure
I can use that for commercial purposes. (Also, some of the source code was omitted, and unfortunately the classes I needed didn't compile.)
From what I've read, Java's StringTokenizer and StreamTokenizer are not really designed to deal with comma-separated flat files.
Yes, I can write it myself, but I thought why reinvent the wheel if there is code out there, especially for something as common as handling csv files.
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James Carman
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Joined: Feb 20, 2001
Posts: 580
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The main problem with using StringTokenizer with CSV files is that the StringTokenizer eats all the tokens that occur next to one another. So, if there are two commas in a row, it basically skips a column.
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James Carman, President<br />Carman Consulting, Inc.
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Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi
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Joined: May 17, 2001
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Why don't you use Regular Expressions I'm sure it would make your life a lot easier if you do have to implement it.
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Yoo-Jin Lee
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Joined: Nov 01, 2000
Posts: 119
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You can also use a jdbc driver for csv files. There are many free ones out there.
-Yoo-Jin
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