Tie/CSV_File version 0.24
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Tie::CSV_File - ties a csv-file to an array of arrays

SYNOPSIS

  use Tie::CSV_File;

  tie my @data, 'Tie::CSV_File', 'xyz.dat';
  print "Data in 3rd line, 5th column: ", $data[2][4];
  untie @data;
  
  # or to read a tabular, or a whitespace or a (semi-)colon separated file
  tie my @data, 'Tie::CSV_File', 'xyz.dat', TAB_SEPARATED;
  # or  use instead COLON_SEPARATED, SEMICOLON_SEPARATED, PIPE_SEPARATED,
  #         or even WHITESPACE_SEPARATED
  
  # or to read something own defined
  tie my @data, 'Tie::CSV_File', 'xyz.dat', sep_char     => '|',
                                            sep_re       => qr/\s*\|\s*/,
                                            quote_char   => undef,
                                            eol          => undef, # default
                                            escape_char  => undef,
                                            always_quote => 0;  # default
                                            
  $data[1][3] = 4;
  $data[-1][-1] = "last column in last line";
  
  $data[0] = [qw/Name Address Country Phone/];
  push @data, ["Gates", "Redmond",  "Washington", "0800-EVIL"];
  push @data, ["Linus", "Helsinki", "Finnland",   "0800-LINUX"];

  my @headings = @{ shift @data };     # removes also the first line
  my @last_row = @{ pop   @data };     # removes also the last line

  @data = [ [1..3], [4..6], [7..9] ];
  # With default paramaters, 
  # the following csv file is created:
  # 1,2,3
  # 4,5,6
  # 7,8,9

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

    Text::CSV_XS
    Tie::File
    Params::Validate

The test routine requires additional these other modules and libraries:

    Test::Exception
    Test::More
    File::Temp
    Data::Compare
    Test::Warn
    Test::ManyParams

Please note that the Text::CSV_XS module needs to be proper installed.
(It's not enough only to copy the CSV_XS.pm file to the right patch,
 this module needs to be compiled!)

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2002, 2018 Janek Schleicher

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.