CSV::Reader (Class)

In: csv.rb
Parent: Object

CSV formatted string/stream reader.

EXAMPLE 

  read CSV lines until the first column is 'stop'.

  CSV::Reader.parse(File.open('bigdata', 'rb')) do |row|
    p row
    break if !row[0].is_null && row[0].data == 'stop'
  end

Methods

close   create   each   new   parse   shift  

Included Modules

Enumerable

Public Class methods

create(str_or_readable, col_sep = ?,, row_sep = nil)

Returns reader instance.

[Source]

# File csv.rb, line 524
    def Reader.create(str_or_readable, col_sep = ?,, row_sep = nil)
      case str_or_readable
      when IO
        IOReader.new(str_or_readable, col_sep, row_sep)
      when String
        StringReader.new(str_or_readable, col_sep, row_sep)
      else
        IOReader.new(str_or_readable, col_sep, row_sep)
      end
    end
new(dev)

[Source]

# File csv.rb, line 559
    def initialize(dev)
      raise RuntimeError.new('do not instantiate this class directly')
    end
parse(str_or_readable, col_sep = ?,, row_sep = nil) {|row| ...}

Parse CSV data and get lines. Given block is called for each parsed row. Block value is always nil. Rows are not cached for performance reason.

[Source]

# File csv.rb, line 514
    def Reader.parse(str_or_readable, col_sep = ?,, row_sep = nil)
      reader = create(str_or_readable, col_sep, row_sep)
      reader.each do |row|
        yield(row)
      end
      reader.close
      nil
    end

Public Instance methods

close()

[Source]

# File csv.rb, line 553
    def close
      terminate
    end
each() {|row| ...}

[Source]

# File csv.rb, line 535
    def each
      while true
        row = Row.new
        parsed_cells = get_row(row)
        if parsed_cells == 0
          break
        end
        yield(row)
      end
      nil
    end
shift()

[Source]

# File csv.rb, line 547
    def shift
      row = Row.new
      parsed_cells = get_row(row)
      row
    end

[Validate]