Simple demo of CSV parser class
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import java.util.*;
/* Simple demo of CSV parser class.
*/
public class CSVSimple {
public static void main(String[] args) {
CSV parser = new CSV();
List list = parser.parse(
"\"LU\",86.25,\"11/4/1998\",\"2:19PM\",+4.0625");
Iterator it = list.iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
System.out.println(it.next());
}
// Now test with a non-default separator
parser = new CSV('|');
list = parser.parse(
"\"LU\"|86.25|\"11/4/1998\"|\"2:19PM\"|+4.0625");
it = list.iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
System.out.println(it.next());
}
}
}
/** Parse comma-separated values (CSV), a common Windows file format.
* Sample input: "LU",86.25,"11/4/1998","2:19PM",+4.0625
* <p>
* 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.
* <p>
* 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)
*/
class CSV {
public static final char DEFAULT_SEP = ',';
/** Construct a CSV parser, with the default separator (`,'). */
public CSV() {
this(DEFAULT_SEP);
}
/** Construct a CSV parser with a given separator.
* @param sep The single char for the separator (not a list of
* separator characters)
*/
public CSV(char sep) {
fieldSep = sep;
}
/** The fields in the current String */
protected List list = new ArrayList();
/** the separator char for this parser */
protected char fieldSep;
/** parse: break the input String into fields
* @return java.util.Iterator containing each field
* from the original as a String, in order.
*/
public List parse(String line)
{
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
list.clear(); // recycle to initial state
int i = 0;
if (line.length() == 0) {
list.add(line);
return list;
}
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());
i++;
} while (i < line.length());
return list;
}
/** advQuoted: quoted field; return index of next separator */
protected int advQuoted(String s, StringBuffer sb, int i)
{
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;
}
/** advPlain: unquoted field; return index of next separator */
protected int advPlain(String s, StringBuffer sb, int i)
{
int j;
j = s.indexOf(fieldSep, i); // look for separator
if (j == -1) { // none found
sb.append(s.substring(i));
return s.length();
} else {
sb.append(s.substring(i, j));
return j;
}
}
}
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