package Text::CSV_XS;
# Copyright (c) 2007-2014 H.Merijn Brand. All rights reserved.
# Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Jochen Wiedmann. All rights reserved.
# Copyright (c) 1997 Alan Citterman. All rights reserved.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
# HISTORY
#
# Written by:
# Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de>
#
# Based on Text::CSV by:
# Alan Citterman <alan@mfgrtl.com>
#
# Extended and Remodelled by:
# H.Merijn Brand (h.m.brand@xs4all.nl)
require 5.006001;
use strict;
use warnings;
require Exporter;
use DynaLoader ();
use Carp;
use vars qw( $VERSION @ISA @EXPORT_OK );
$VERSION = "1.09";
@ISA = qw( DynaLoader Exporter );
@EXPORT_OK = qw( csv );
bootstrap Text::CSV_XS $VERSION;
sub PV { 0 }
sub IV { 1 }
sub NV { 2 }
# version
#
# class/object method expecting no arguments and returning the version
# number of Text::CSV. there are no side-effects.
sub version
{
return $VERSION;
} # version
# new
#
# class/object method expecting no arguments and returning a reference to
# a newly created Text::CSV object.
my %def_attr = (
quote_char => '"',
escape_char => '"',
sep_char => ',',
eol => '',
always_quote => 0,
quote_space => 1,
quote_null => 1,
quote_binary => 1,
binary => 0,
decode_utf8 => 1,
keep_meta_info => 0,
allow_loose_quotes => 0,
allow_loose_escapes => 0,
allow_unquoted_escape => 0,
allow_whitespace => 0,
blank_is_undef => 0,
empty_is_undef => 0,
verbatim => 0,
auto_diag => 0,
diag_verbose => 0,
types => undef,
callbacks => undef,
_EOF => 0,
_RECNO => 0,
_STATUS => undef,
_FIELDS => undef,
_FFLAGS => undef,
_STRING => undef,
_ERROR_INPUT => undef,
_COLUMN_NAMES => undef,
_BOUND_COLUMNS => undef,
_AHEAD => undef,
);
my %attr_alias = (
quote_always => "always_quote",
verbose_diag => "diag_verbose",
);
my $last_new_err = Text::CSV_XS->SetDiag (0);
# NOT a method: is also used before bless
sub _unhealthy_whitespace
{
my $self = shift;
$_[0] and
(defined $self->{quote_char} && $self->{quote_char} =~ m/^[ \t]$/) ||
(defined $self->{escape_char} && $self->{escape_char} =~ m/^[ \t]$/) and
return 1002;
return 0;
} # _sane_whitespace
sub _check_sanity
{
my $self = shift;
for (qw( sep_char quote_char escape_char )) {
defined $self->{$_} && $self->{$_} =~ m/[\r\n]/ and
return 1003;
}
return _unhealthy_whitespace ($self, $self->{allow_whitespace});
} # _check_sanity
sub new
{
$last_new_err = Text::CSV_XS->SetDiag (1000,
"usage: my \$csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ([{ option => value, ... }]);");
my $proto = shift;
my $class = ref ($proto) || $proto or return;
@_ > 0 && ref $_[0] ne "HASH" and return;
my $attr = shift || {};
my %attr = map {
my $k = m/^[a-zA-Z]\w+$/ ? lc $_ : $_;
exists $attr_alias{$k} and $k = $attr_alias{$k};
$k => $attr->{$_};
} keys %$attr;
for (keys %attr) {
if (m/^[a-z]/ && exists $def_attr{$_}) {
# uncoverable condition false
defined $attr{$_} && $] >= 5.008002 && m/_char$/ and
utf8::decode ($attr{$_});
next;
}
# croak?
$last_new_err = Text::CSV_XS->SetDiag (1000, "INI - Unknown attribute '$_'");
$attr{auto_diag} and error_diag ();
return;
}
my $self = { %def_attr, %attr };
if (my $ec = _check_sanity ($self)) {
$last_new_err = Text::CSV_XS->SetDiag ($ec);
$attr{auto_diag} and error_diag ();
return;
}
if (defined $self->{callbacks} && ref $self->{callbacks} ne "HASH") {
warn "The 'callbacks' attribute is set but is not a hash: ignored\n";
$self->{callbacks} = undef;
}
$last_new_err = Text::CSV_XS->SetDiag (0);
defined $\ && !exists $attr{eol} and $self->{eol} = $\;
bless $self, $class;
defined $self->{types} and $self->types ($self->{types});
$self;
} # new
# Keep in sync with XS!
my %_cache_id = ( # Only expose what is accessed from within PM
quote_char => 0,
escape_char => 1,
sep_char => 2,
binary => 3,
keep_meta_info => 4,
always_quote => 5,
allow_loose_quotes => 6,
allow_loose_escapes => 7,
allow_unquoted_escape => 8,
allow_whitespace => 9,
blank_is_undef => 10,
eol => 11, # 11 .. 18
verbatim => 22,
empty_is_undef => 23,
auto_diag => 24,
diag_verbose => 33,
quote_space => 25,
quote_null => 31,
quote_binary => 32,
decode_utf8 => 35,
_has_hooks => 36,
_is_bound => 26, # 26 .. 29
);
# A `character'
sub _set_attr_C
{
my ($self, $name, $val, $ec) = @_;
defined $val or $val = 0;
$] >= 5.008002 and utf8::decode ($val);
$self->{$name} = $val;
$ec = _check_sanity ($self) and
croak ($self->SetDiag ($ec));
$self->_cache_set ($_cache_id{$name}, $val);
} # _set_attr_C
# A flag
sub _set_attr_X
{
my ($self, $name, $val) = @_;
defined $val or $val = 0;
$self->{$name} = $val;
$self->_cache_set ($_cache_id{$name}, 0 + $val);
} # _set_attr_X
# A number
sub _set_attr_N
{
my ($self, $name, $val) = @_;
$self->{$name} = $val;
$self->_cache_set ($_cache_id{$name}, 0 + $val);
} # _set_attr_N
# Accessor methods.
# It is unwise to change them halfway through a single file!
sub quote_char
{
my $self = shift;
if (@_) {
my $qc = shift;
$self->_set_attr_C ("quote_char", $qc);
}
$self->{quote_char};
} # quote_char
sub escape_char
{
my $self = shift;
if (@_) {
my $ec = shift;
$self->_set_attr_C ("escape_char", $ec);
}
$self->{escape_char};
} # escape_char
sub sep_char
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_C ("sep_char", shift);
$self->{sep_char};
} # sep_char
sub eol
{
my $self = shift;
if (@_) {
my $eol = shift;
defined $eol or $eol = "";
$self->{eol} = $eol;
$self->_cache_set ($_cache_id{eol}, $eol);
}
$self->{eol};
} # eol
sub always_quote
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("always_quote", shift);
$self->{always_quote};
} # always_quote
sub quote_space
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("quote_space", shift);
$self->{quote_space};
} # quote_space
sub quote_null
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("quote_null", shift);
$self->{quote_null};
} # quote_null
sub quote_binary
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("quote_binary", shift);
$self->{quote_binary};
} # quote_binary
sub binary
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("binary", shift);
$self->{binary};
} # binary
sub decode_utf8
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("decode_utf8", shift);
$self->{decode_utf8};
} # decode_utf8
sub keep_meta_info
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("keep_meta_info", shift);
$self->{keep_meta_info};
} # keep_meta_info
sub allow_loose_quotes
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("allow_loose_quotes", shift);
$self->{allow_loose_quotes};
} # allow_loose_quotes
sub allow_loose_escapes
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("allow_loose_escapes", shift);
$self->{allow_loose_escapes};
} # allow_loose_escapes
sub allow_whitespace
{
my $self = shift;
if (@_) {
my $aw = shift;
_unhealthy_whitespace ($self, $aw) and
croak ($self->SetDiag (1002));
$self->_set_attr_X ("allow_whitespace", $aw);
}
$self->{allow_whitespace};
} # allow_whitespace
sub allow_unquoted_escape
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("allow_unquoted_escape", shift);
$self->{allow_unquoted_escape};
} # allow_unquoted_escape
sub blank_is_undef
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("blank_is_undef", shift);
$self->{blank_is_undef};
} # blank_is_undef
sub empty_is_undef
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("empty_is_undef", shift);
$self->{empty_is_undef};
} # empty_is_undef
sub verbatim
{
my $self = shift;
@_ and $self->_set_attr_X ("verbatim", shift);
$self->{verbatim};
} # verbatim
sub auto_diag
{
my $self = shift;
if (@_) {
my $v = shift;
!defined $v || $v eq "" and $v = 0;
$v =~ m/^[0-9]/ or $v = lc $v eq "false" ? 0 : 1; # true/truth = 1
$self->_set_attr_X ("auto_diag", $v);
}
$self->{auto_diag};
} # auto_diag
sub diag_verbose
{
my $self = shift;
if (@_) {
my $v = shift;
!defined $v || $v eq "" and $v = 0;
$v =~ m/^[0-9]/ or $v = lc $v eq "false" ? 0 : 1; # true/truth = 1
$self->_set_attr_X ("diag_verbose", $v);
}
$self->{diag_verbose};
} # diag_verbose
# status
#
# object method returning the success or failure of the most recent
# combine () or parse (). there are no side-effects.
sub status
{
my $self = shift;
return $self->{_STATUS};
} # status
sub eof
{
my $self = shift;
return $self->{_EOF};
} # status
sub types
{
my $self = shift;
if (@_) {
if (my $types = shift) {
$self->{_types} = join "", map { chr $_ } @{$types};
$self->{types} = $types;
}
else {
delete $self->{types};
delete $self->{_types};
undef;
}
}
else {
$self->{types};
}
} # types
sub callbacks
{
my $self = shift;
if (@_) {
my $cb;
my $hf = 0x00;
if (defined $_[0]) {
grep { !defined $_ } @_ and croak ($self->SetDiag (1004));
$cb = @_ == 1 && ref $_[0] eq "HASH" ? shift
: @_ % 2 == 0 ? { @_ }
: croak ($self->SetDiag (1004));
foreach my $cbk (keys %$cb) {
(!ref $cbk && $cbk =~ m/^[\w.]+$/) && ref $cb->{$cbk} eq "CODE" or
croak ($self->SetDiag (1004));
}
exists $cb->{error} and $hf |= 0x01;
exists $cb->{after_parse} and $hf |= 0x02;
exists $cb->{before_print} and $hf |= 0x04;
}
elsif (@_ > 1) {
# (undef, whatever)
croak ($self->SetDiag (1004));
}
$self->_set_attr_X ("_has_hooks", $hf);
$self->{callbacks} = $cb;
}
$self->{callbacks};
} # callbacks
# erro_diag
#
# If (and only if) an error occurred, this function returns a code that
# indicates the reason of failure
sub error_diag
{
my $self = shift;
my @diag = (0 + $last_new_err, $last_new_err, 0, 0);
if ($self && ref $self && # Not a class method or direct call
$self->isa (__PACKAGE__) && exists $self->{_ERROR_DIAG}) {
$diag[0] = 0 + $self->{_ERROR_DIAG};
$diag[1] = $self->{_ERROR_DIAG};
$diag[2] = 1 + $self->{_ERROR_POS} if exists $self->{_ERROR_POS};
$diag[3] = $self->{_RECNO};
$diag[0] && $self && $self->{callbacks} && $self->{callbacks}{error} and
return $self->{callbacks}{error}->(@diag);
}
my $context = wantarray;
unless (defined $context) { # Void context, auto-diag
if ($diag[0] && $diag[0] != 2012) {
my $msg = "# CSV_XS ERROR: $diag[0] - $diag[1] \@ rec $diag[3] pos $diag[2]\n";
if ($self && ref $self) { # auto_diag
if ($self->{diag_verbose} and $self->{_ERROR_INPUT}) {
$msg .= "$self->{_ERROR_INPUT}'\n";
$msg .= " " x ($diag[2] - 1);
$msg .= "^\n";
}
my $lvl = $self->{auto_diag};
if ($lvl < 2) {
my @c = caller (2);
if (@c >= 11 && $c[10] && ref $c[10] eq "HASH") {
my $hints = $c[10];
(exists $hints->{autodie} && $hints->{autodie} or
exists $hints->{"guard Fatal"} &&
!exists $hints->{"no Fatal"}) and
$lvl++;
# Future releases of autodie will probably set $^H{autodie}
# to "autodie @args", like "autodie :all" or "autodie open"
# so we can/should check for "open" or "new"
}
}
$lvl > 1 ? die $msg : warn $msg;
}
else { # called without args in void context
warn $msg;
}
}
return;
}
return $context ? @diag : $diag[1];
} # error_diag
sub record_number
{
my $self = shift;
return $self->{_RECNO};
} # record_number
# string
#
# object method returning the result of the most recent combine () or the
# input to the most recent parse (), whichever is more recent. there are
# no side-effects.
sub string
{
my $self = shift;
return ref $self->{_STRING} ? ${$self->{_STRING}} : undef;
} # string
# fields
#
# object method returning the result of the most recent parse () or the
# input to the most recent combine (), whichever is more recent. there
# are no side-effects.
sub fields
{
my $self = shift;
return ref $self->{_FIELDS} ? @{$self->{_FIELDS}} : undef;
} # fields
# meta_info
#
# object method returning the result of the most recent parse () or the
# input to the most recent combine (), whichever is more recent. there
# are no side-effects. meta_info () returns (if available) some of the
# field's properties
sub meta_info
{
my $self = shift;
return ref $self->{_FFLAGS} ? @{$self->{_FFLAGS}} : undef;
} # meta_info
sub is_quoted
{
my ($self, $idx, $val) = @_;
ref $self->{_FFLAGS} &&
$idx >= 0 && $idx < @{$self->{_FFLAGS}} or return;
$self->{_FFLAGS}[$idx] & 0x0001 ? 1 : 0;
} # is_quoted
sub is_binary
{
my ($self, $idx, $val) = @_;
ref $self->{_FFLAGS} &&
$idx >= 0 && $idx < @{$self->{_FFLAGS}} or return;
$self->{_FFLAGS}[$idx] & 0x0002 ? 1 : 0;
} # is_binary
sub is_missing
{
my ($self, $idx, $val) = @_;
$idx < 0 || !ref $self->{_FFLAGS} and return;
$idx >= @{$self->{_FFLAGS}} and return 1;
$self->{_FFLAGS}[$idx] & 0x0010 ? 1 : 0;
} # is_missing
# combine
#
# Object method returning success or failure. The given arguments are
# combined into a single comma-separated value. Failure can be the
# result of no arguments or an argument containing an invalid character.
# side-effects include:
# setting status ()
# setting fields ()
# setting string ()
# setting error_input ()
sub combine
{
my $self = shift;
my $str = "";
$self->{_FIELDS} = \@_;
$self->{_FFLAGS} = undef;
$self->{_STATUS} = (@_ > 0) && $self->Combine (\$str, \@_, 0);
$self->{_STRING} = \$str;
$self->{_STATUS};
} # combine
# parse
#
# Object method returning success or failure. The given argument is
# expected to be a valid comma-separated value. Failure can be the
# result of no arguments or an argument containing an invalid sequence
# of characters. Side-effects include:
# setting status ()
# setting fields ()
# setting meta_info ()
# setting string ()
# setting error_input ()
sub parse
{
my ($self, $str) = @_;
my $fields = [];
my $fflags = [];
$self->{_STRING} = \$str;
if (defined $str && $self->Parse ($str, $fields, $fflags)) {
$self->{_FIELDS} = $fields;
$self->{_FFLAGS} = $fflags;
$self->{_STATUS} = 1;
}
else {
$self->{_FIELDS} = undef;
$self->{_FFLAGS} = undef;
$self->{_STATUS} = 0;
}
$self->{_STATUS};
} # parse
sub column_names
{
my ($self, @keys) = @_;
@keys or
return defined $self->{_COLUMN_NAMES} ? @{$self->{_COLUMN_NAMES}} : ();
@keys == 1 && ! defined $keys[0] and
return $self->{_COLUMN_NAMES} = undef;
if (@keys == 1 && ref $keys[0] eq "ARRAY") {
@keys = @{$keys[0]};
}
elsif (join "", map { defined $_ ? ref $_ : "" } @keys) {
croak ($self->SetDiag (3001));
}
$self->{_BOUND_COLUMNS} && @keys != @{$self->{_BOUND_COLUMNS}} and
croak ($self->SetDiag (3003));
$self->{_COLUMN_NAMES} = [ map { defined $_ ? $_ : "\cAUNDEF\cA" } @keys ];
@{$self->{_COLUMN_NAMES}};
} # column_names
sub bind_columns
{
my ($self, @refs) = @_;
@refs or
return defined $self->{_BOUND_COLUMNS} ? @{$self->{_BOUND_COLUMNS}} : undef;
if (@refs == 1 && ! defined $refs[0]) {
$self->{_COLUMN_NAMES} = undef;
return $self->{_BOUND_COLUMNS} = undef;
}
$self->{_COLUMN_NAMES} && @refs != @{$self->{_COLUMN_NAMES}} and
croak ($self->SetDiag (3003));
join "", map { ref $_ eq "SCALAR" ? "" : "*" } @refs and
croak ($self->SetDiag (3004));
$self->_set_attr_N ("_is_bound", scalar @refs);
$self->{_BOUND_COLUMNS} = [ @refs ];
@refs;
} # bind_columns
sub getline_hr
{
my ($self, @args, %hr) = @_;
$self->{_COLUMN_NAMES} or croak ($self->SetDiag (3002));
my $fr = $self->getline (@args) or return;
if (ref $self->{_FFLAGS}) {
$self->{_FFLAGS}[$_] = 0x0010 for ($#{$fr} + 1) .. $#{$self->{_COLUMN_NAMES}};
}
@hr{@{$self->{_COLUMN_NAMES}}} = @$fr;
\%hr;
} # getline_hr
sub getline_hr_all
{
my ($self, @args, %hr) = @_;
$self->{_COLUMN_NAMES} or croak ($self->SetDiag (3002));
my @cn = @{$self->{_COLUMN_NAMES}};
[ map { my %h; @h{@cn} = @$_; \%h } @{$self->getline_all (@args)} ];
} # getline_hr_all
sub print_hr
{
my ($self, $io, $hr) = @_;
$self->{_COLUMN_NAMES} or croak ($self->SetDiag (3009));
ref $hr eq "HASH" or croak ($self->SetDiag (3010));
$self->print ($io, [ map { $hr->{$_} } $self->column_names ]);
} # print_hr
sub fragment
{
my ($self, $io, $spec) = @_;
my $qd = qr{\s* [0-9]+ \s* }x; # digit
my $qs = qr{\s* (?: [0-9]+ | \* ) \s*}x; # digit or star
my $qr = qr{$qd (?: - $qs )?}x; # range
my $qc = qr{$qr (?: ; $qr )*}x; # list
defined $spec && $spec =~ m{^ \s*
\x23 ? \s* # optional leading #
( row | col | cell ) \s* =
( $qc # for row and col
| $qd , $qd (?: - $qs , $qs)? # for cell (ranges)
(?: ; $qd , $qd (?: - $qs , $qs)? )* # and cell (range) lists
) \s* $}xi or croak ($self->SetDiag (2013));
my ($type, $range) = (lc $1, $2);
my @h = $self->column_names ();
my @c;
if ($type eq "cell") {
my @spec;
my $min_row;
my $max_row = 0;
for (split m/\s*;\s*/ => $range) {
my ($tlr, $tlc, $brr, $brc) = (m{
^ \s* ([0-9]+ ) \s* , \s* ([0-9]+ ) \s*
(?: - \s* ([0-9]+ | \*) \s* , \s* ([0-9]+ | \*) \s* )?
$}x) or croak ($self->SetDiag (2013));
defined $brr or ($brr, $brc) = ($tlr, $tlc);
$tlr == 0 || $tlc == 0 ||
($brr ne "*" && ($brr == 0 || $brr < $tlr)) ||
($brc ne "*" && ($brc == 0 || $brc < $tlc))
and croak ($self->SetDiag (2013));
$tlc--;
$brc-- unless $brc eq "*";
defined $min_row or $min_row = $tlr;
$tlr < $min_row and $min_row = $tlr;
$brr eq "*" || $brr > $max_row and
$max_row = $brr;
push @spec, [ $tlr, $tlc, $brr, $brc ];
}
my $r = 0;
while (my $row = $self->getline ($io)) {
++$r < $min_row and next;
my %row;
my $lc;
foreach my $s (@spec) {
my ($tlr, $tlc, $brr, $brc) = @$s;
$r < $tlr || ($brr ne "*" && $r > $brr) and next;
!defined $lc || $tlc < $lc and $lc = $tlc;
my $rr = $brc eq "*" ? $#$row : $brc;
$row{$_} = $row->[$_] for $tlc .. $rr;
}
push @c, [ @row{sort { $a <=> $b } keys %row } ];
if (@h) {
my %h; @h{@h} = @{$c[-1]};
$c[-1] = \%h;
}
$max_row ne "*" && $r == $max_row and last;
}
return \@c;
}
# row or col
my @r;
my $eod = 0;
for (split m/\s*;\s*/ => $range) {
my ($from, $to) = m/^\s* ([0-9]+) (?: \s* - \s* ([0-9]+ | \* ))? \s* $/x
or croak ($self->SetDiag (2013));
$to ||= $from;
$to eq "*" and ($to, $eod) = ($from, 1);
$from <= 0 || $to <= 0 || $to < $from and croak ($self->SetDiag (2013));
$r[$_] = 1 for $from .. $to;
}
my $r = 0;
$type eq "col" and shift @r;
$_ ||= 0 for @r;
while (my $row = $self->getline ($io)) {
$r++;
if ($type eq "row") {
if (($r > $#r && $eod) || $r[$r]) {
push @c, $row;
if (@h) {
my %h; @h{@h} = @{$c[-1]};
$c[-1] = \%h;
}
}
next;
}
push @c, [ map { ($_ > $#r && $eod) || $r[$_] ? $row->[$_] : () } 0..$#$row ];
if (@h) {
my %h; @h{@h} = @{$c[-1]};
$c[-1] = \%h;
}
}
return \@c;
} # fragment
my $csv_usage = q{usage: my $aoa = csv (in => $file);};
sub _csv_attr
{
my %attr = (@_ == 1 && ref $_[0] eq "HASH" ? %{$_[0]} : @_) or croak;
$attr{binary} = 1;
my $enc = delete $attr{encoding} || "";
my $fh;
my $cls = 0; # If I open a file, I have to close it
my $in = delete $attr{in} || delete $attr{file} or croak $csv_usage;
my $out = delete $attr{out} || delete $attr{file};
if ($out) {
$in or croak $csv_usage; # No out without in
defined $attr{eol} or $attr{eol} = "\r\n";
if (ref $out or "GLOB" eq ref \$out) {
$fh = $out;
}
else {
$enc =~ m/^[-\w.]+$/ and $enc = ":encoding($enc)";
open $fh, ">$enc", $out or croak "$out: $!";
$cls = 1;
}
}
if ( ref $in eq "CODE") { # we need an out
$out or croak qq{for CSV source, "out" is required};
}
elsif (ref $in eq "ARRAY") { # we need an out
$out or croak qq{for CSV source, "out" is required};
}
elsif (ref $in eq "SCALAR") {
open $fh, "<", $in or croak "Cannot open from SCALAR usinng PerlIO";
$cls = 1;
}
elsif (ref $in or "GLOB" eq ref \$in) {
if (!ref $in && $] < 5.008005) {
$fh = \*$in;
}
else {
$fh = $in;
}
}
else {
$enc =~ m/^[-\w.]+$/ and $enc = ":encoding($enc)";
open $fh, "<$enc", $in or croak "$in: $!";
$cls = 1;
}
$fh or croak qq{No valid source passed. "in" is required};
my $hdrs = delete $attr{headers};
my $frag = delete $attr{fragment};
my $cbai = delete $attr{callbacks}{after_in} ||
delete $attr{after_in};
my $cbbo = delete $attr{callbacks}{before_out} ||
delete $attr{before_out};
my $cboi = delete $attr{callbacks}{on_in} ||
delete $attr{on_in};
defined $attr{auto_diag} or $attr{auto_diag} = 1;
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new (\%attr) or croak $last_new_err;
return {
csv => $csv,
fh => $fh,
cls => $cls,
in => $in,
out => $out,
hdrs => $hdrs,
frag => $frag,
cbai => $cbai,
cbbo => $cbbo,
cboi => $cboi,
};
} # _csv_attr
sub csv
{
# This is a function, not a method
@_ && ref $_[0] ne __PACKAGE__ or croak $csv_usage;
my $c = _csv_attr (@_);
my ($csv, $in, $fh, $hdrs) = @{$c}{"csv", "in", "fh", "hdrs"};
if ($c->{out}) {
if (ref $in eq "CODE") {
my $hdr = 1;
while (my $row = $in->($csv)) {
if (ref $row eq "ARRAY") {
$csv->print ($fh, $row);
next;
}
if (ref $row eq "HASH") {
if ($hdr) {
$hdrs ||= [ keys %$row ];
$csv->print ($fh, $hdrs);
$hdr = 0;
}
$csv->print ($fh, [ @{$row}{@$hdrs} ]);
}
}
}
elsif (ref $in->[0] eq "ARRAY") { # aoa
ref $hdrs and $csv->print ($fh, $hdrs);
for (@{$in}) {
$c->{cboi} and $c->{cboi}->($csv, $_);
$c->{cbbo} and $c->{cbbo}->($csv, $_);
$csv->print ($fh, $_);
}
}
else { # aoh
my @hdrs = ref $hdrs ? @{$hdrs} : keys %{$in->[0]};
defined $hdrs or $hdrs = "auto";
ref $hdrs || $hdrs eq "auto" and $csv->print ($fh, \@hdrs);
for (@{$in}) {
$c->{cboi} and $c->{cboi}->($csv, $_);
$c->{cbbo} and $c->{cbbo}->($csv, $_);
$csv->print ($fh, [ @{$_}{@hdrs} ]);
}
}
$c->{cls} and close $fh;
return 1;
}
ref $in eq "CODE" and croak "CODE only valid fro in when using out";
if (defined $hdrs && !ref $hdrs) {
$hdrs eq "skip" and $csv->getline ($fh);
$hdrs eq "auto" and $hdrs = $csv->getline ($fh);
}
my $frag = $c->{frag};
my $ref = ref $hdrs
? # aoh
do {
$csv->column_names ($hdrs);
$frag ? $csv->fragment ($fh, $frag) : $csv->getline_hr_all ($fh);
}
: # aoa
$frag ? $csv->fragment ($fh, $frag) : $csv->getline_all ($fh);
$ref or Text::CSV_XS->auto_diag;
$c->{cls} and close $fh;
if ($ref and $c->{cbai} || $c->{cboi}) {
for (@{$ref}) {
$c->{cbai} and $c->{cbai}->($csv, $_);
$c->{cboi} and $c->{cboi}->($csv, $_);
}
}
return $ref;
} # csv
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
Text::CSV_XS - comma-separated values manipulation routines
=head1 SYNOPSIS
# Functional interface
use Text::CSV_XS qw( csv );
# Read whole file in memory as array of arrays
my $aoa = csv (in => "data.csv");
# Write array of arrays as csv file
csv (in => $aoa, out => "file.csv", sep_char=> ";");
# Object interface
use Text::CSV_XS;
my @rows;
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1, auto_diag => 1 });
open my $fh, "<:encoding(utf8)", "test.csv" or die "test.csv: $!";
while (my $row = $csv->getline ($fh)) {
$row->[2] =~ m/pattern/ or next; # 3rd field should match
push @rows, $row;
}
close $fh;
$csv->eol ("\r\n");
open $fh, ">:encoding(utf8)", "new.csv" or die "new.csv: $!";
$csv->print ($fh, $_) for @rows;
close $fh or die "new.csv: $!";
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Text::CSV_XS provides facilities for the composition and decomposition of
comma-separated values. An instance of the Text::CSV_XS class will combine
fields into a C<CSV> string and parse a C<CSV> string into fields.
The module accepts either strings or files as input and support the use of
user-specified characters for delimiters, separators, and escapes.
=head2 Embedded newlines
B<Important Note>: The default behavior is to accept only ASCII characters
in the range from C<0x20> (space) to C<0x7E> (tilde). This means that the
fields can not contain newlines. If your data contains newlines embedded in
fields, or characters above C<0x7E> (tilde), or binary data, you B<I<must>>
set C<< binary => 1 >> in the call to L</new>. To cover the widest range of
parsing options, you will always want to set binary.
But you still have the problem that you have to pass a correct line to the
L</parse> method, which is more complicated from the usual point of usage:
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1, eol => $/ });
while (<>) { # WRONG!
$csv->parse ($_);
my @fields = $csv->fields ();
}
this will break, as the C<while> might read broken lines: it does not care
about the quoting. If you need to support embedded newlines, the way to go
is to B<not> pass L<C<eol>|/eol> in the parser (it accepts C<\n>, C<\r>,
B<and> C<\r\n> by default) and then
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1 });
open my $io, "<", $file or die "$file: $!";
while (my $row = $csv->getline ($io)) {
my @fields = @$row;
}
The old(er) way of using global file handles is still supported
while (my $row = $csv->getline (*ARGV)) { ... }
=head2 Unicode
Unicode is only tested to work with perl-5.8.2 and up.
On parsing (both for L</getline> and L</parse>), if the source is marked
being UTF8, then all fields that are marked binary will also be marked UTF8.
For complete control over encoding, please use L<Text::CSV::Encoded>:
use Text::CSV::Encoded;
my $csv = Text::CSV::Encoded->new ({
encoding_in => "iso-8859-1", # the encoding comes into Perl
encoding_out => "cp1252", # the encoding comes out of Perl
});
$csv = Text::CSV::Encoded->new ({ encoding => "utf8" });
# combine () and print () accept *literally* utf8 encoded data
# parse () and getline () return *literally* utf8 encoded data
$csv = Text::CSV::Encoded->new ({ encoding => undef }); # default
# combine () and print () accept UTF8 marked data
# parse () and getline () return UTF8 marked data
On combining (L</print> and L</combine>): if any of the combining fields
was marked UTF8, the resulting string will be marked as UTF8. Note however
that all fields I<before> the first field marked UTF8 and contained 8-bit
characters that were not upgraded to UTF8, these will be C<bytes> in the
resulting string too, possibly causing unexpected errors. If you pass data
of different encoding, or you don't know if there is different encoding,
force it to be upgraded before you pass them on:
$csv->print ($fh, [ map { utf8::upgrade (my $x = $_); $x } @data ]);
=head1 SPECIFICATION
While no formal specification for CSV exists, RFC 4180 I<1>) describes the
common format and establishes C<text/csv> as the MIME type registered with
the IANA. RFC 7111 I<2> adds fragments to CSV.
Many informal documents exist that describe the C<CSV> format. "How To: The
Comma Separated Value (CSV) File Format" I<3>) provides an overview of the
C<CSV> format in the most widely used applications and explains how it can
best be used and supported.
1) http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180
2) http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7111
3) http://www.creativyst.com/Doc/Articles/CSV/CSV01.htm
The basic rules are as follows:
B<CSV> is a delimited data format that has fields/columns separated by the
comma character and records/rows separated by newlines. Fields that contain
a special character (comma, newline, or double quote), must be enclosed in
double quotes. However, if a line contains a single entry that is the empty
string, it may be enclosed in double quotes. If a field's value contains a
double quote character it is escaped by placing another double quote
character next to it. The C<CSV> file format does not require a specific
character encoding, byte order, or line terminator format.
=over 2
=item *
Each record is a single line ended by a line feed (ASCII/C<LF>=C<0x0A>) or
a carriage return and line feed pair (ASCII/C<CRLF>=C<0x0D 0x0A>), however,
line-breaks may be embedded.
=item *
Fields are separated by commas.
=item *
Allowable characters within a C<CSV> field include C<0x09> (C<TAB>) and the
inclusive range of C<0x20> (space) through C<0x7E> (tilde). In binary mode
all characters are accepted, at least in quoted fields.
=item *
A field within C<CSV> must be surrounded by double-quotes to contain a
separator character (comma).
=back
Though this is the most clear and restrictive definition, Text::CSV_XS is
way more liberal than this, and allows extension:
=over 2
=item *
Line termination by a single carriage return is accepted by default
=item *
The separation-, escape-, and escape- characters can be any ASCII character
in the range from C<0x20> (space) to C<0x7E> (tilde). Characters outside
this range may or may not work as expected. Multibyte characters, like UTF
C<U+060C> (ARABIC COMMA), C<U+FF0C> (FULLWIDTH COMMA), C<U+241B> (SYMBOL
FOR ESCAPE), C<U+2424> (SYMBOL FOR NEWLINE), C<U+FF02> (FULLWIDTH QUOTATION
MARK), and C<U+201C> (LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK) (to give some examples of
what might look promising) are therefore not allowed.
If you use perl-5.8.2 or higher these three attributes are utf8-decoded, to
increase the likelihood of success. This way C<U+00FE> will be allowed as a
quote character.
=item *
A field in C<CSV> must be surrounded by double-quotes to make an embedded
double-quote, represented by a pair of consecutive double-quotes, valid. In
binary mode you may additionally use the sequence C<"0> for representation
of a NULL byte. Using C<0x00> in binary mode is just as valid.
=item *
Several violations of the above specification may be lifted by passing some
options as attributes to the object constructor.
=back
=head1 METHODS
=head2 version
X<version>
(Class method) Returns the current module version.
=head2 new
X<new>
(Class method) Returns a new instance of class Text::CSV_XS. The attributes
are described by the (optional) hash ref C<\%attr>.
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ attributes ... });
The following attributes are available:
=over 4
=item eol
X<eol>
The end-of-line string to add to rows for L</print> or the record separator
for L</getline>.
When not passed in a B<parser> instance, the default behavior is to accept
C<\n>, C<\r>, and C<\r\n>, so it is probably safer to not specify C<eol> at
all. Passing C<undef> or the empty string behave the same.
When not passed in a B<generating> instance, records are not terminated at
all, so it is probably wise to pass something you expect. A safe choice for
C<eol> on output is either C<$/> or C<\r\n>.
Common values for C<eol> are C<"\012"> (C<\n> or Line Feed), C<"\015\012">
(C<\r\n> or Carriage Return, Line Feed), and C<"\015"> (C<\r> or Carriage
Return). The L<C<eol>|/eol> attribute cannot exceed 7 (ASCII) characters.
If both C<$/> and L<C<eol>/eol> equal C<"\015">, parsing lines that end on
only a Carriage Return without Line Feed, will be L</parse>d correct.
=item sep_char
X<sep_char>
The char used to separate fields, by default a comma. (C<,>). Limited to a
single-byte character, usually in the range from C<0x20> (space) to C<0x7E>
(tilde).
The separation character can not be equal to the quote character or to the
escape character.
See also L</CAVEATS>
=item allow_whitespace
X<allow_whitespace>
When this option is set to true, the whitespace (C<TAB>'s and C<SPACE>'s)
surrounding the separation character is removed when parsing. If either
C<TAB> or C<SPACE> is one of the three characters L<C<sep_char>|/sep_char>,
L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char>, or L<C<escape_char>|/escape_char> it will not
be considered whitespace.
Now lines like:
1 , "foo" , bar , 3 , zapp
are parsed as valid C<CSV>, even though it violates the C<CSV> specs.
Note that B<all> whitespace is stripped from both start and end of each
field. That would make it I<more> than a I<feature> to enable parsing bad
C<CSV> lines, as
1, 2.0, 3, ape , monkey
will now be parsed as
("1", "2.0", "3", "ape", "monkey")
even if the original line was perfectly acceptable C<CSV>.
=item blank_is_undef
X<blank_is_undef>
Under normal circumstances, C<CSV> data makes no distinction between quoted-
and unquoted empty fields. These both end up in an empty string field once
read, thus
1,"",," ",2
is read as
("1", "", "", " ", "2")
When I<writing> C<CSV> files with L<C<always_quote>|/always_quote> set, the
unquoted I<empty> field is the result of an undefined value. To enable this
distinction when I<reading> C<CSV> data, the C<blank_is_undef> attribute
will cause unquoted empty fields to be set to C<undef>, causing the above
to be parsed as
("1", "", undef, " ", "2")
=item empty_is_undef
X<empty_is_undef>
Going one step further than L<C<blank_is_undef>|/blank_is_undef>, this
attribute converts all empty fields to C<undef>, so
1,"",," ",2
is read as
(1, undef, undef, " ", 2)
Note that this effects only fields that are originally empty, not fields
that are empty after stripping allowed whitespace. YMMV.
=item quote_char
X<quote_char>
The character to quote fields containing blanks or binary data, by default
the double quote character (C<">). A value of undef suppresses quote chars
(for simple cases only). Limited to a single-byte character, usually in the
range from C<0x20> (space) to C<0x7E> (tilde).
C<quote_char> can not be equal to L<C<sep_char>|/sep_char>.
=item allow_loose_quotes
X<allow_loose_quotes>
By default, parsing unquoted fields containing L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char>
characters like
1,foo "bar" baz,42
would result in parse error 2034. Though it is still bad practice to allow
this format, we cannot help the fact that some vendors make their
applications spit out lines styled this way.
If there is B<really> bad C<CSV> data, like
1,"foo "bar" baz",42
or
1,""foo bar baz"",42
there is a way to get this data-line parsed and leave the quotes inside the
quoted field as-is. This can be achieved by setting C<allow_loose_quotes>
B<AND> making sure that the L<C<escape_char>|/escape_char> is I<not> equal
to L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char>.
=item escape_char
X<escape_char>
The character to escape certain characters inside quoted fields. This is
limited to a single-byte character, usually in the range from C<0x20>
(space) to C<0x7E> (tilde).
The C<escape_char> defaults to being the double-quote mark (C<">). In other
words the same as the default L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char>. This means that
doubling the quote mark in a field escapes it:
"foo","bar","Escape ""quote mark"" with two ""quote marks""","baz"
If you change the L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char> without changing the
C<escape_char>, the C<escape_char> will still be the double-quote (C<">).
If instead you want to escape the L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char> by doubling
it you will need to also change the C<escape_char> to be the same as what
you have changed the L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char> to.
The escape character can not be equal to the separation character.
=item allow_loose_escapes
X<allow_loose_escapes>
Parsing fields that have L<C<escape_char>|/escape_char> characters that
escape characters that do not need to be escaped, like:
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ escape_char => "\\" });
$csv->parse (qq{1,"my bar\'s",baz,42});
would result in parse error 2025. Though it is bad practice to allow this
format, this attribute enables you to treat all escape character sequences
equal.
=item allow_unquoted_escape
X<allow_unquoted_escape>
A backward compatibility issue where L<C<escape_char>|/escape_char> differs
from L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char> prevents L<C<escape_char>|/escape_char>
to be in the first position of a field. If L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char> is
equal to the default C<"> and L<C<escape_char>|/escape_char> is set to C<\>,
this would be illegal:
1,\0,2
Setting this attribute to C<1> might help to overcome issues with backward
compatibility and allow this style.
=item binary
X<binary>
If this attribute is C<1>, you may use binary characters in quoted fields,
including line feeds, carriage returns and C<NULL> bytes. (The latter could
be escaped as C<"0>.) By default this feature is off.
If a string is marked UTF8, C<binary> will be turned on automatically when
binary characters other than C<CR> and C<NL> are encountered. Note that a
simple string like C<"\x{00a0}"> might still be binary, but not marked UTF8,
so setting C<< { binary => 1 } >> is still a wise option.
=item decode_utf8
X<decode_utf8>
This attributes defaults to TRUE.
While I<parsing>, fields that are valid UTF-8, are automatically set to be
UTF-8, so that
$csv->parse ("\xC4\xA8\n");
results in
PV("\304\250"\0) [UTF8 "\x{128}"]
Sometimes it might not be a desired action. To prevent those upgrades, set
this attribute to false, and the result will be
PV("\304\250"\0)
=item types
X<types>
A set of column types; the attribute is immediately passed to the L</types>
method.
=item always_quote
X<always_quote>
By default the generated fields are quoted only if they I<need> to be. For
example, if they contain the separator character. If you set this attribute
to C<1> then I<all> defined fields will be quoted. (C<undef> fields are not
quoted, see L</blank_is_undef>). This makes it quite often easier to handle
exported data in external applications. (Poor creatures who are better to
use Text::CSV_XS. :)
=item quote_space
X<quote_space>
By default, a space in a field would trigger quotation. As no rule exists
this to be forced in C<CSV>, nor any for the opposite, the default is true
for safety. You can exclude the space from this trigger by setting this
attribute to 0.
=item quote_null
X<quote_null>
By default, a C<NULL> byte in a field would be escaped. This option enables
you to treat the C<NULL> byte as a simple binary character in binary mode
(the C<< { binary => 1 } >> is set). The default is true. You can prevent
C<NULL> escapes by setting this attribute to C<0>.
=item quote_binary
X<quote_binary>
By default, all "unsafe" bytes inside a string cause the combined field to
be quoted. By setting this attribute to C<0>, you can disable that trigger
for bytes >= C<0x7F>.
=item keep_meta_info
X<keep_meta_info>
By default, the parsing of input records is as simple and fast as possible.
However, some parsing information - like quotation of the original field -
is lost in that process. Setting this flag to true enables retrieving that
information after parsing with the methods L</meta_info>, L</is_quoted>,
and L</is_binary> described below. Default is false for performance.
=item verbatim
X<verbatim>
This is a quite controversial attribute to set, but makes some hard things
possible.
The rationale behind this attribute is to tell the parser that the normally
special characters newline (C<NL>) and Carriage Return (C<CR>) will not be
special when this flag is set, and be dealt with as being ordinary binary
characters. This will ease working with data with embedded newlines.
When C<verbatim> is used with L</getline>, L</getline> auto-C<chomp>'s
every line.
Imagine a file format like
M^^Hans^Janssen^Klas 2\n2A^Ja^11-06-2007#\r\n
where, the line ending is a very specific C<"#\r\n">, and the sep_char is a
C<^> (caret). None of the fields is quoted, but embedded binary data is
likely to be present. With the specific line ending, this should not be too
hard to detect.
By default, Text::CSV_XS' parse function is instructed to only know about
C<"\n"> and C<"\r"> to be legal line endings, and so has to deal with the
embedded newline as a real C<end-of-line>, so it can scan the next line if
binary is true, and the newline is inside a quoted field. With this option,
we tell L</parse> to parse the line as if C<"\n"> is just nothing more than
a binary character.
For L</parse> this means that the parser has no more idea about line ending
and L</getline> C<chomp>s line endings on reading.
=item auto_diag
X<auto_diag>
Set this attribute to a number between C<1> and C<9> causes L</error_diag>
to be automatically called in void context upon errors.
In case of error C<2012 - EOF>, this call will be void.
If C<auto_diag> is set to a numeric value greater than C<1>, it will C<die>
on errors instead of C<warn>. If set to anything unrecognized, it will be
silently ignored.
Future extensions to this feature will include more reliable auto-detection
of C<autodie> being active in the scope of which the error occurred which
will increment the value of C<auto_diag> with C<1> the moment the error is
detected.
=item diag_verbose
X<diag_verbose>
Set the verbosity of the output triggered by C<auto_diag>. Currently only
adds the current input-record-number (if known) to the diagnostic output
with an indication of the position of the error.
=item callbacks
X<callbacks>
See the L</Callbacks> section below.
=back
To sum it up,
$csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ();
is equivalent to
$csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({
quote_char => '"',
escape_char => '"',
sep_char => ',',
eol => $\,
always_quote => 0,
quote_space => 1,
quote_null => 1,
quote_binary => 1,
binary => 0,
decode_utf8 => 1,
keep_meta_info => 0,
allow_loose_quotes => 0,
allow_loose_escapes => 0,
allow_unquoted_escape => 0,
allow_whitespace => 0,
blank_is_undef => 0,
empty_is_undef => 0,
verbatim => 0,
auto_diag => 0,
diag_verbose => 0,
callbacks => undef,
});
For all of the above mentioned flags, an accessor method is available where
you can inquire the current value, or change the value
my $quote = $csv->quote_char;
$csv->binary (1);
It is not wise to change these settings halfway through writing C<CSV> data
to a stream. If however you want to create a new stream using the available
C<CSV> object, there is no harm in changing them.
If the L</new> constructor call fails, it returns C<undef>, and makes the
fail reason available through the L</error_diag> method.
$csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ ecs_char => 1 }) or
die "".Text::CSV_XS->error_diag ();
L</error_diag> will return a string like
"INI - Unknown attribute 'ecs_char'"
=head2 print
X<print>
$status = $csv->print ($io, $colref);
Similar to L</combine> + L</string> + L</print>, but much more efficient.
It expects an array ref as input (not an array!) and the resulting string
is not really created, but immediately written to the C<$io> object,
typically an IO handle or any other object that offers a L</print> method.
For performance reasons C<print> does not create a result string, so all
L</string>, L</status>, L</fields>, and L</error_input> methods will return
undefined information after executing this method.
If C<$colref> is C<undef> (explicit, not through a variable argument) and
L</bind_columns> was used to specify fields to be printed, it is possible
to make performance improvements, as otherwise data would have to be copied
as arguments to the method call:
$csv->bind_columns (\($foo, $bar));
$status = $csv->print ($fh, undef);
A short benchmark
my @data = ("aa" .. "zz");
$csv->bind_columns (\(@data));
$csv->print ($io, [ @data ]); # 11800 recs/sec
$csv->print ($io, \@data ); # 57600 recs/sec
$csv->print ($io, undef ); # 48500 recs/sec
=head2 combine
X<combine>
$status = $csv->combine (@columns);
This method constructs a C<CSV> string from C<@columns>, returning success
or failure. Failure can result from lack of arguments or an argument that
contains an invalid character. Upon success, L</string> can be called to
retrieve the resultant C<CSV> string. Upon failure, the value returned by
L</string> is undefined and L</error_input> could be called to retrieve the
invalid argument.
=head2 string
X<string>
$line = $csv->string ();
This method returns the input to L</parse> or the resultant C<CSV> string
of L</combine>, whichever was called more recently.
=head2 getline
X<getline>
$colref = $csv->getline ($io);
This is the counterpart to L</print>, as L</parse> is the counterpart to
L</combine>: it parses a row from the C<$io> handle using the L</getline>
method associated with C<$io> and parses this row into an array ref. This
array ref is returned by the function or C<undef> for failure. When C<$io>
does not support C<getline>, you are likely to hit errors.
When fields are bound with L</bind_columns> the return value is a reference
to an empty list.
The L</string>, L</fields>, and L</status> methods are meaningless again.
=head2 getline_all
X<getline_all>
$arrayref = $csv->getline_all ($io);
$arrayref = $csv->getline_all ($io, $offset);
$arrayref = $csv->getline_all ($io, $offset, $length);
This will return a reference to a list of L<getline ($io)|/getline> results.
In this call, C<keep_meta_info> is disabled. If C<$offset> is negative, as
with C<splice>, only the last C<abs ($offset)> records of C<$io> are taken
into consideration.
Given a CSV file with 10 lines:
lines call
----- ---------------------------------------------------------
0..9 $csv->getline_all ($io) # all
0..9 $csv->getline_all ($io, 0) # all
8..9 $csv->getline_all ($io, 8) # start at 8
- $csv->getline_all ($io, 0, 0) # start at 0 first 0 rows
0..4 $csv->getline_all ($io, 0, 5) # start at 0 first 5 rows
4..5 $csv->getline_all ($io, 4, 2) # start at 4 first 2 rows
8..9 $csv->getline_all ($io, -2) # last 2 rows
6..7 $csv->getline_all ($io, -4, 2) # first 2 of last 4 rows
=head2 parse
X<parse>
$status = $csv->parse ($line);
This method decomposes a C<CSV> string into fields, returning success or
failure. Failure can result from a lack of argument or the given C<CSV>
string is improperly formatted. Upon success, L</fields> can be called to
retrieve the decomposed fields. Upon failure calling L</fields> will return
undefined data and L</error_input> can be called to retrieve the invalid
argument.
You may use the L</types> method for setting column types. See L</types>'
description below.
=head2 getline_hr
X<getline_hr>
The L</getline_hr> and L</column_names> methods work together to allow you
to have rows returned as hashrefs. You must call L</column_names> first to
declare your column names.
$csv->column_names (qw( code name price description ));
$hr = $csv->getline_hr ($io);
print "Price for $hr->{name} is $hr->{price} EUR\n";
L</getline_hr> will croak if called before L</column_names>.
Note that L</getline_hr> creates a hashref for every row and will be much
slower than the combined use of L</bind_columns> and L</getline> but still
offering the same ease of use hashref inside the loop:
my @cols = @{$csv->getline ($io)};
$csv->column_names (@cols);
while (my $row = $csv->getline_hr ($io)) {
print $row->{price};
}
Could easily be rewritten to the much faster:
my @cols = @{$csv->getline ($io)};
my $row = {};
$csv->bind_columns (\@{$row}{@cols});
while ($csv->getline ($io)) {
print $row->{price};
}
Your mileage may vary for the size of the data and the number of rows. With
perl-5.14.2 the comparison for a 100_000 line file with 14 rows:
Rate hashrefs getlines
hashrefs 1.00/s -- -76%
getlines 4.15/s 313% --
=head2 getline_hr_all
X<getline_hr_all>
$arrayref = $csv->getline_hr_all ($io);
$arrayref = $csv->getline_hr_all ($io, $offset);
$arrayref = $csv->getline_hr_all ($io, $offset, $length);
This will return a reference to a list of L<getline_hr ($io)|/getline_hr>
results. In this call, L<C<keep_meta_info>|/keep_meta_info> is disabled.
=head2 print_hr
X<print_hr>
$csv->print_hr ($io, $ref);
Provides an easy way to print a C<$ref> (as fetched with L</getline_hr>)
provided the column names are set with L</column_names>.
It is just a wrapper method with basic parameter checks over
$csv->print ($io, [ map { $ref->{$_} } $csv->column_names ]);
=head2 fragment
X<fragment>
This function tries to implement RFC7111 (URI Fragment Identifiers for the
text/csv Media Type) - http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7111
my $AoA = $csv->fragment ($io, $spec);
In specifications, C<*> is used to specify the I<last> item, a dash (C<->)
to indicate a range. All indices are C<1>-based: the first row or column
has index C<1>. Selections can be combined with the semi-colon (C<;>).
When using this method in combination with L</column_names>, the returned
reference will point to a list of hashes instead of a list of lists. A
disjointed cell-based combined selection might return rows with different
number of columns making the use of hashes unpredictable.
$csv->column_names ("Name", "Age");
my $AoH = $csv->fragment ($io, "col=3;8");
If the L</after_parse> callback is active, it is also called on every line
parsed and skipped before the fragment.
=over 2
=item row
row=4
row=5-7
row=6-*
row=1-2;4;6-*
=item col
col=2
col=1-3
col=4-*
col=1-2;4;7-*
=item cell
In cell-based selection, the comma (C<,>) is used to pair row and column
cell=4,1
The range operator (C<->) using C<cell>s can be used to define top-left and
bottom-right C<cell> location
cell=3,1-4,6
The C<*> is only allowed in the second part of a pair
cell=3,2-*,2 # row 3 till end, only column 2
cell=3,2-3,* # column 2 till end, only row 3
cell=3,2-*,* # strip row 1 and 2, and column 1
Cells and cell ranges may be combined with C<;>, possibly resulting in rows
with different number of columns
cell=1,1-2,2;3,3-4,4;1,4;4,1
Disjointed selections will only return selected cells. The cells that are
not specified will not be included in the returned set, not even as
C<undef>. As an example given a C<CSV> like
11,12,13,...19
21,22,...28,29
: :
91,...97,98,99
with C<cell=1,1-2,2;3,3-4,4;1,4;4,1> will return:
11,12,14
21,22
33,34
41,43,44
Overlapping cell-specs will return those cells only once, So
C<cell=1,1-3,3;2,2-4,4;2,3;4,2> will return:
11,12,13
21,22,23,24
31,32,33,34
42,43,44
=back
L<RFC7111|http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7111> does B<not> allow different
types of specs to be combined (either C<row> I<or> C<col> I<or> C<cell>).
Passing an invalid fragment specification will croak and set error 2013.
=head2 column_names
X<column_names>
Set the "keys" that will be used in the L</getline_hr> calls. If no keys
(column names) are passed, it will return the current setting as a list.
L</column_names> accepts a list of scalars (the column names) or a single
array_ref, so you can pass the return value from L</getline> too:
$csv->column_names ($csv->getline ($io));
L</column_names> does B<no> checking on duplicates at all, which might lead
to unexpected results. Undefined entries will be replaced with the string
C<"\cAUNDEF\cA">, so
$csv->column_names (undef, "", "name", "name");
$hr = $csv->getline_hr ($io);
Will set C<< $hr->{"\cAUNDEF\cA"} >> to the 1st field, C<< $hr->{""} >> to
the 2nd field, and C<< $hr->{name} >> to the 4th field, discarding the 3rd
field.
L</column_names> croaks on invalid arguments.
=head2 bind_columns
X<bind_columns>
Takes a list of scalar references to be used for output with L</print> or
to store in the fields fetched by L</getline>. When you do not pass enough
references to store the fetched fields in, L</getline> will fail with error
C<3006>. If you pass more than there are fields to return, the content of
the remaining references is left untouched.
$csv->bind_columns (\$code, \$name, \$price, \$description);
while ($csv->getline ($io)) {
print "The price of a $name is \x{20ac} $price\n";
}
To reset or clear all column binding, call L</bind_columns> with the single
argument C<undef>. This will also clear column names.
$csv->bind_columns (undef);
If no arguments are passed at all, L</bind_columns> will return the list of
current bindings or C<undef> if no binds are active.
=head2 eof
X<eof>
$eof = $csv->eof ();
If L</parse> or L</getline> was used with an IO stream, this method will
return true (1) if the last call hit end of file, otherwise it will return
false (''). This is useful to see the difference between a failure and end
of file.
=head2 types
X<types>
$csv->types (\@tref);
This method is used to force that (all) columns are of a given type. For
example, if you have an integer column, two columns with doubles and a
string column, then you might do a
$csv->types ([Text::CSV_XS::IV (),
Text::CSV_XS::NV (),
Text::CSV_XS::NV (),
Text::CSV_XS::PV ()]);
Column types are used only for I<decoding> columns while parsing, in other
words by the L</parse> and L</getline> methods.
You can unset column types by doing a
$csv->types (undef);
or fetch the current type settings with
$types = $csv->types ();
=over 4
=item IV
X<IV>
Set field type to integer.
=item NV
X<NV>
Set field type to numeric/float.
=item PV
X<PV>
Set field type to string.
=back
=head2 fields
X<fields>
@columns = $csv->fields ();
This method returns the input to L</combine> or the resultant decomposed
fields of a successful L</parse>, whichever was called more recently.
Note that the return value is undefined after using L</getline>, which does
not fill the data structures returned by L</parse>.
=head2 meta_info
X<meta_info>
@flags = $csv->meta_info ();
This method returns the "flags" of the input to L</combine> or the flags of
the resultant decomposed fields of L</parse>, whichever was called more
recently.
For each field, a meta_info field will hold flags that inform something
about the field returned by the L</fields> method or passed to the
L</combine> method. The flags are bit-wise-C<or>'d like:
=over 2
=item C< >0x0001
The field was quoted.
=item C< >0x0002
The field was binary.
=back
See the C<is_***> methods below.
=head2 is_quoted
X<is_quoted>
my $quoted = $csv->is_quoted ($column_idx);
Where C<$column_idx> is the (zero-based) index of the column in the last
result of L</parse>.
This returns a true value if the data in the indicated column was enclosed
in L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char> quotes. This might be important for fields
where content C<,20070108,> is to be treated as a numeric value, and where
C<,"20070108",> is explicitly marked as character string data.
=head2 is_binary
X<is_binary>
my $binary = $csv->is_binary ($column_idx);
Where C<$column_idx> is the (zero-based) index of the column in the last
result of L</parse>.
This returns a true value if the data in the indicated column contained any
byte in the range C<[\x00-\x08,\x10-\x1F,\x7F-\xFF]>.
=head2 is_missing
X<is_missing>
my $missing = $csv->is_missing ($column_idx);
Where C<$column_idx> is the (zero-based) index of the column in the last
result of L</getline_hr>.
$csv->keep_meta_info (1);
while (my $hr = $csv->getline_hr ($fh)) {
$csv->is_missing (0) and next; # This was an empty line
}
When using L</getline_hr>, it is impossible to tell if the parsed fields
are C<undef> because they where not filled in the C<CSV> stream or because
they were not read at all, as B<all> the fields defined by L</column_names>
are set in the hash-ref. If you still need to know if all fields in each
row are provided, you should enable L<C<keep_meta_info>|/keep_meta_info> so
you can check the flags.
=head2 status
X<status>
$status = $csv->status ();
This method returns success (or failure) of the last invoked L</combine> or
L</parse> call.
=head2 error_input
X<error_input>
$bad_argument = $csv->error_input ();
This method returns the erroneous argument (if it exists) of L</combine> or
L</parse>, whichever was called more recently. If the last invocation was
successful, C<error_input> will return C<undef>.
=head2 error_diag
X<error_diag>
Text::CSV_XS->error_diag ();
$csv->error_diag ();
$error_code = 0 + $csv->error_diag ();
$error_str = "" . $csv->error_diag ();
($cde, $str, $pos, $recno) = $csv->error_diag ();
If (and only if) an error occurred, this function returns the diagnostics
of that error.
If called in void context, this will print the internal error code and the
associated error message to STDERR.
If called in list context, this will return the error code and the error
message in that order. If the last error was from parsing, the third value
returned is a best guess at the location within the line that was being
parsed. Its value is 1-based. The fourth value represents the record count
parsed by this csv instance. See F<examples/csv-check> for how this can be
used.
If called in scalar context, it will return the diagnostics in a single
scalar, a-la C<$!>. It will contain the error code in numeric context, and
the diagnostics message in string context.
When called as a class method or a direct function call, the diagnostics
are that of the last L</new> call.
=head2 record_number
X<record_number>
$recno = $csv->record_number ();
Returns the records parsed by this csv instance. This value should be more
accurate than C<$.> when embedded newlines come in play. Records written by
this instance are not counted.
=head2 SetDiag
X<SetDiag>
$csv->SetDiag (0);
Use to reset the diagnostics if you are dealing with errors.
=head1 FUNCTIONS
=head2 csv
X<csv>
This function is not exported by default and should be explicitly requested:
use Text::CSV_XS qw( csv );
This is the second draft. This function will stay, but the arguments might
change based on user feedback.
This is an high-level function that aims at simple (user) interfaces. This
can be used to read/parse a C<CSV> file or stream (the default behavior) or
to produce a file or write to a stream (define the C<out> attribute). It
returns an array- or hash-reference on parsing (or C<undef> on fail) or the
numeric value of L</error_diag> on writing. When this function fails you
can get to the error using the class call to L</error_diag>
my $aoa = csv (in => "test.csv") or
die Text::CSV_XS->error_diag;
This function takes the arguments as key-value pairs. This can be passed as
a list or as an anonymous hash:
my $aoa = csv ( in => "test.csv", sep_char => ";");
my $aoh = csv ({ in => $fh, headers => "auto" });
The arguments passed consist of two parts: the arguments to L</csv> itself
and the optional attributes to the C<CSV> object used inside the function
as enumerated and explained in L</new>.
If not overridden, the default option used for CSV is
auto_diag => 1
The option that is always set and cannot be altered is
binary => 1
=head3 in
X<in>
Used to specify the source. C<in> can be a file name (e.g. C<"file.csv">),
which will be opened for reading and closed when finished, a file handle
(e.g. C<$fh> or C<FH>), a reference to a glob (e.g. C<\*ARGV>), the glob
itself (e.g. C<*STDIN>), or a reference to a scalar (e.g. C<\q{1,2,"csv"}>).
When used with L</out>, C<in> should be a reference to a CSV structure (AoA
or AoH) or a CODE-ref that returns an array-reference or a hash-reference.
The code-ref will be invoked with no arguments and .
my $aoa = csv (in => "file.csv");
open my $fh, "<", "file.csv";
my $aoa = csv (in => $fh);
my $csv = [ [qw( Foo Bar )], [ 1, 2 ], [ 2, 3 ]];
my $err = csv (in => $csv, out => "file.csv");
=head3 out
X<out>
In output mode, the default CSV options when producing CSV are
eol => "\r\n"
The L</fragment> attribute is ignored in output mode.
C<out> can be a file name (e.g. C<"file.csv">), which will be opened for
writing and closed when finished, a file handle (e.g. C<$fh> or C<FH>), a
reference to a glob (e.g. C<\*STDOUT>), or the glob itself (e.g. C<*STDOUT>).
csv (in => sub { $sth->fetch }, out => "dump.csv");
csv (in => sub { $sth->fetchrow_hashref }, out => "dump.csv",
headers => $sth->{NAME_lc});
When a code-ref is used, the output is generated per invocation, so no
buffering is involved. This implies that there is no size restriction on
the number of records. The function ends when the coderef returns a false
value.
=head3 encoding
X<encoding>
If passed, it should be an encoding accepted by the C<:encoding()> option
to C<open>. There is no default value. This attribute does not work in perl
5.6.x.
=head3 headers
X<headers>
If this attribute is not given, the default behavior is to produce an array
of arrays.
If C<headers> is supplied, it should be either an anonymous list of column
names or a flag: C<auto> or C<skip>. When C<skip> is used, the header will
not be included in the output.
my $aoa = csv (in => $fh, headers => "skip");
If C<auto> is used, the first line of the C<CSV> source will be read as the
list of field headers and used to produce an array of hashes.
my $aoh = csv (in => $fh, headers => "auto");
If C<headers> is an anonymous list, the entries in the list will be used
instead
my $aoh = csv (in => $fh, headers => [qw( Foo Bar )]);
csv (in => $aoa, out => $fh, headers => [qw( code description price }]);
=head3 fragment
X<fragment>
Only output the fragment as defined in the L</fragment> method. This option
is ignored when I<generating> C<CSV>. See L</out>.
Combining all of them could give something like
use Text::CSV_XS qw( csv );
my $aoh = csv (
in => "test.txt",
encoding => "utf-8",
headers => "auto",
sep_char => "|",
fragment => "row=3;6-9;15-*",
);
say $aoh->[15]{Foo};
=head2 Callbacks
Callbacks enable actions triggered from the I<inside> of Text::CSV_XS.
While most of what this enables can easily be done in an unrolled loop as
described in the L</SYNOPSIS> callbacks can be used to meet special demands
or enhance the L</csv> function.
=over 2
=item error
X<error>
$csv->callbacks (error => sub { $csv->SetDiag (0) });
the C<error> callback is invoked when an error occurs, but I<only> when
L</auto_diag> is set to a true value. A callback is invoked with the values
returned by L</error_diag>:
my ($c, $s);
sub ignore3006
{
my ($err, $msg, $pos, $recno) = @_;
if ($err == 3006) {
# ignore this error
($c, $s) = (undef, undef);
SetDiag (0);
}
# Any other error
return;
} # ignore3006
$csv->callbacks (error => \&ignore3006);
$csv->bind_columns (\$c, \$s);
while ($csv->getline ($fh)) {
# Error 3006 will not stop the loop
}
=item after_parse
X<after_parse>
$csv->callbacks (after_parse => sub { push @{$_[1]}, "NEW" });
while (my $row = $csv->getline ($fh)) {
$row->[-1] eq "NEW";
}
This callback is invoked after parsing with L</getline> only if no error
occurred. The callback is invoked with two arguments: the current C<CSV>
parser object and an array reference to the fields parsed.
The return code of the callback is ignored.
sub add_from_db
{
my ($csv, $row) = @_;
$sth->execute ($row->[4]);
push @$row, $sth->fetchrow_array;
} # add_from_db
my $aoa = csv (in => "file.csv", callbacks => {
after_parse => \&add_from_db });
=item before_print
X<before_print>
my $idx = 1;
$csv->callbacks (before_print => sub { $_[1][0] = $idx++ });
$csv->print (*STDOUT, [ 0, $_ ]) for @members;
This callback is invoked before printing with L</print> only if no error
occurred. The callback is invoked with two arguments: the current C<CSV>
parser object and an array reference to the fields passed.
The return code of the callback is ignored.
sub max_4_fields
{
my ($csv, $row) = @_;
@$row > 4 and splice @$row, 4;
} # max_4_fields
csv (in => csv (in => "file.csv"), out => *STDOUT,
callbacks => { before print => \&max_4_fields });
This callback is not active for L</combine>.
=back
=head3 Callbacks for csv ()
The L</csv> allows for some callbacks that do not integrate in XS internals
but only feature the L</csv> function.
csv (in => "file.csv",
callbacks => {
after_parse => sub { say "AFTER PARSE"; }, # first
after_in => sub { say "AFTER IN"; }, # second
on_in => sub { say "ON IN"; }, # third
},
);
csv (in => $aoh,
out => "file.csv",
callbacks => {
on_in => sub { say "ON IN"; }, # first
before_out => sub { say "BEFORE OUT"; }, # second
before_print => sub { say "BEFORE PRINT"; }, # third
},
);
=over 2
=item after_in
X<after_in>
This callback is invoked for each record after all records have been parsed
but before returning the reference to the caller. The hook is invoked with
two arguments: the current C<CSV> parser object and a reference to the
record. The reference can be a reference to a HASH or a reference to an
ARRAY as determined by the arguments.
This callback can also be passed as an attribute without the C<callbacks>
wrapper.
=item before_out
X<before_out>
This callback is invoked for each record before the record is printed. The
hook is invoked with two arguments: the current C<CSV> parser object and a
reference to the record. The reference can be a reference to a HASH or a
reference to an ARRAY as determined by the arguments.
This callback can also be passed as an attribute without the C<callbacks>
wrapper.
=item on_in
X<on_in>
This callback acts exactly as the L</after_in> or the L</before_out> hooks.
This callback can also be passed as an attribute without the C<callbacks>
wrapper.
=back
=head1 INTERNALS
=over 4
=item Combine (...)
=item Parse (...)
=back
The arguments to these internal functions are deliberately not described or
documented in order to enable the module authors make changes it when they
feel the need for it. Using them is highly discouraged as the API may
change in future releases.
=head1 EXAMPLES
=head2 Reading a CSV file line by line:
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1, auto_diag => 1 });
open my $fh, "<", "file.csv" or die "file.csv: $!";
while (my $row = $csv->getline ($fh)) {
# do something with @$row
}
close $fh or die "file.csv: $!";
=head3 Reading only a single column
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1, auto_diag => 1 });
open my $fh, "<", "file.csv" or die "file.csv: $!";
# get only the 4th column
my @column = map { $_->[3] } @{$csv->getline_all ($fh)};
close $fh or die "file.csv: $!";
with L</csv>, you could do
my @column = map { $_->[0] }
@{csv (in => "file.csv", fragment => "col=4")};
=head2 Parsing CSV strings:
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ keep_meta_info => 1, binary => 1 });
my $sample_input_string =
qq{"I said, ""Hi!""",Yes,"",2.34,,"1.09","\x{20ac}",};
if ($csv->parse ($sample_input_string)) {
my @field = $csv->fields;
foreach my $col (0 .. $#field) {
my $quo = $csv->is_quoted ($col) ? $csv->{quote_char} : "";
printf "%2d: %s%s%s\n", $col, $quo, $field[$col], $quo;
}
}
else {
print STDERR "parse () failed on argument: ",
$csv->error_input, "\n";
$csv->error_diag ();
}
=head2 Printing CSV data
=head3 The fast way: using L</print>
An example for creating C<CSV> files using the L</print> method:
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1, eol => $/ });
open my $fh, ">", "foo.csv" or die "foo.csv: $!";
for (1 .. 10) {
$csv->print ($fh, [ $_, "$_" ]) or $csv->error_diag;
}
close $fh or die "$tbl.csv: $!";
=head3 The slow way: using L</combine> and L</string>
or using the slower L</combine> and L</string> methods:
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new;
open my $csv_fh, ">", "hello.csv" or die "hello.csv: $!";
my @sample_input_fields = (
'You said, "Hello!"', 5.67,
'"Surely"', '', '3.14159');
if ($csv->combine (@sample_input_fields)) {
print $csv_fh $csv->string, "\n";
}
else {
print "combine () failed on argument: ",
$csv->error_input, "\n";
}
close $csv_fh or die "hello.csv: $!";
=head2 Rewriting CSV
Rewrite C<CSV> files with C<;> as separator character to well-formed C<CSV>:
use Text::CSV_XS qw( csv );
csv (in => csv (in => "bad.csv", sep_char => ";"), out => *STDOUT);
=head2 Dumping database tables to CSV
Dumping a database table can be simple as this (TIMTOWTDI):
my $dbh = DBI->connect (...);
my $sql = "select * from foo";
# using your own loop
open my $fh, ">", "foo.csv" or die "foo.csv: $!\n";
my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1, eol => "\r\n" });
my $sth = $dbh->prepare ($sql); $sth->execute;
$csv->print ($fh, $sth->{NAME_lc});
while (my $row = $sth->fetch) {
$csv->print ($fh, $row);
}
# using the csv function, all in memory
csv (out => "foo.csv", in => $dbh->selectall_arrayref ($sql));
# using the csv function, streaming with callbacks
my $sth = $dbh->prepare ($sql); $sth->execute;
csv (out => "foo.csv", in => sub { $sth->fetch });
csv (out => "foo.csv", in => sub { $sth->fetchrow_hashref });
=head2 The examples folder
For more extended examples, see the F<examples/> C<1>) sub-directory in the
original distribution or the git repository C<2>).
1. http://repo.or.cz/w/Text-CSV_XS.git?a=tree;f=examples
2. http://repo.or.cz/w/Text-CSV_XS.git
The following files can be found there:
=over 2
=item parser-xs.pl
X<parser-xs.pl>
This can be used as a boilerplate to parse invalid C<CSV> and parse beyond
(expected) errors alternative to using the L</error> callback.
$ perl examples/parser-xs.pl bad.csv >good.csv
=item csv-check
X<csv-check>
This is a command-line tool that uses parser-xs.pl techniques to check the
C<CSV> file and report on its content.
$ csv-check files/utf8.csv
Checked with examples/csv-check 1.5 using Text::CSV_XS 0.81
OK: rows: 1, columns: 2
sep = <,>, quo = <">, bin = <1>
=item csv2xls
X<csv2xls>
A script to convert C<CSV> to Microsoft Excel. This requires L<Date::Calc>
and L<Spreadsheet::WriteExcel>. The converter accepts various options and
can produce UTF-8 Excel files.
=item csvdiff
X<csvdiff>
A script that provides colorized diff on sorted CSV files, assuming first
line is header and first field is the key. Output options include colorized
ANSI escape codes or HTML.
$ csvdiff --html --output=diff.html file1.csv file2.csv
=back
=head1 CAVEATS
Text::CSV_XS is I<not> designed to detect the characters used to quote and
separate fields. The parsing is done using predefined (default) settings.
In the examples sub-directory, you can find scripts that demonstrate how
you could try to detect these characters yourself.
=head2 Microsoft Excel
The import/export from Microsoft Excel is a I<risky task>, according to the
documentation in C<Text::CSV::Separator>. Microsoft uses the system's list
separator defined in the regional settings, which happens to be a semicolon
for Dutch, German and Spanish (and probably some others as well). For the
English locale, the default is a comma. In Windows however, the user is
free to choose a predefined locale, and then change I<every> individual
setting in it, so checking the locale is no solution.
=head1 TODO
=over 2
=item More Errors & Warnings
New extensions ought to be clear and concise in reporting what error has
occurred where and why, and maybe also offer a remedy to the problem.
L</error_diag> is a (very) good start, but there is more work to be done in
this area.
Basic calls should croak or warn on illegal parameters. Errors should be
documented.
=item setting meta info
Future extensions might include extending the L</meta_info>, L</is_quoted>,
and L</is_binary> to accept setting these flags for fields, so you can
specify which fields are quoted in the L</combine>/L</string> combination.
$csv->meta_info (0, 1, 1, 3, 0, 0);
$csv->is_quoted (3, 1);
L<Metadata Vocabulary for Tabular Data|http://w3c.github.io/csvw/metadata/>
(a W3C editor's draft) could be an example for supporting more metadata.
=item Parse the whole file at once
Implement new methods or functions that enable parsing of a complete file
at once, returning a list of hashes. Possible extension to this could be to
enable a column selection on the call:
my @AoH = $csv->parse_file ($filename, { cols => [ 1, 4..8, 12 ]});
Returning something like
[ { fields => [ 1, 2, "foo", 4.5, undef, "", 8 ],
flags => [ ... ],
},
{ fields => [ ... ],
.
},
]
Note that the L</csv> function already supports most of this, but does not
return flags. L</getline_all> returns all rows for an open stream, but this
will not return flags either. L</fragment> can reduce the required rows
I<or> columns, but cannot combine them.
=item Cookbook
Write a document that has recipes for most known non-standard (and maybe
some standard) C<CSV> formats, including formats that use C<TAB>, C<;>,
C<|>, or other non-comma separators.
Examples could be taken from W3C's L<CSV on the Web: Use Cases and
Requirements|http://w3c.github.io/csvw/use-cases-and-requirements/index.html>
=back
=head2 NOT TODO
=over 2
=item combined methods
Requests for adding means (methods) that combine L</combine> and L</string>
in a single call will B<not> be honored (use L</print> instead). Likewise
for L</parse> and L</fields> (use L</getline> instead), given the problems
with embedded newlines.
=back
=head2 Release plan
No guarantees, but this is what I had in mind some time ago:
=over 2
=item next
- DIAGNOSTICS section in pod to *describe* the errors (see below)
=back
=head1 EBCDIC
The current hard-coding of characters and character ranges makes this code
unusable on C<EBCDIC> systems. Recent work in perl-5.20 might change that.
Opening C<EBCDIC> encoded files on C<ASCII>+ systems is likely to succeed
using Encode's C<cp37>, C<cp1047>, or C<posix-bc>:
open my $fh, "<:encoding(cp1047)", "ebcdic_file.csv" or die "...";
=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
Still under construction ...
If an error occurs, C<< $csv->error_diag >> can be used to get information
on the cause of the failure. Note that for speed reasons the internal value
is never cleared on success, so using the value returned by L</error_diag>
in normal cases - when no error occurred - may cause unexpected results.
If the constructor failed, the cause can be found using L</error_diag> as a
class method, like C<< Text::CSV_XS->error_diag >>.
The C<< $csv->error_diag >> method is automatically invoked upon error when
the contractor was called with L<C<auto_diag>|/auto_diag> set to C<1> or
C<2>, or when L<autodie> is in effect. When set to C<1>, this will cause a
C<warn> with the error message, when set to C<2>, it will C<die>. C<2012 -
EOF> is excluded from L<C<auto_diag>|/auto_diag> reports.
Errors can be (individually) caught using the L</error> callback.
The errors as described below are available. I have tried to make the error
itself explanatory enough, but more descriptions will be added. For most of
these errors, the first three capitals describe the error category:
=over 2
=item *
INI
Initialization error or option conflict.
=item *
ECR
Carriage-Return related parse error.
=item *
EOF
End-Of-File related parse error.
=item *
EIQ
Parse error inside quotation.
=item *
EIF
Parse error inside field.
=item *
ECB
Combine error.
=item *
EHR
HashRef parse related error.
=back
And below should be the complete list of error codes that can be returned:
=over 2
=item *
1001 "INI - sep_char is equal to quote_char or escape_char"
X<1001>
The L<separation character|/sep_char> cannot be equal to L<the quotation
character|/quote_char> or to L<the escape character|/escape_char>, as this
would invalidate all parsing rules.
=item *
1002 "INI - allow_whitespace with escape_char or quote_char SP or TAB"
X<1002>
Using the L<C<allow_whitespace>|/allow_whitespace> attribute when either
L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char> or L<C<escape_char>|/escape_char> is equal to
C<SPACE> or C<TAB> is too ambiguous to allow.
=item *
1003 "INI - \r or \n in main attr not allowed"
X<1003>
Using default L<C<eol>|/eol> characters in either L<C<sep_char>|/sep_char>,
L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char>, or L<C<escape_char>|/escape_char> is not
allowed.
=item *
1004 "INI - callbacks should be undef or a hashref"
X<1004>
The L<C<callbacks>|/Callbacks> attribute only allows one to be C<undef> or
a hash reference.
=item *
2010 "ECR - QUO char inside quotes followed by CR not part of EOL"
X<2010>
When L<C<eol>|/eol> has been set to anything but the default, like
C<"\r\t\n">, and the C<"\r"> is following the B<second> (closing)
L<C<quote_char>|/quote_char>, where the characters following the C<"\r"> do
not make up the L<C<eol>|/eol> sequence, this is an error.
=item *
2011 "ECR - Characters after end of quoted field"
X<2011>
Sequences like C<1,foo,"bar"baz,22,1> are not allowed. C<"bar"> is a quoted
field and after the closing double-quote, there should be either a new-line
sequence or a separation character.
=item *
2012 "EOF - End of data in parsing input stream"
X<2012>
Self-explaining. End-of-file while inside parsing a stream. Can happen only
when reading from streams with L</getline>, as using L</parse> is done on
strings that are not required to have a trailing L<C<eol>|/eol>.
=item *
2013 "INI - Specification error for fragments RFC7111"
X<2013>
Invalid specification for URI L</fragment> specification.
=item *
2021 "EIQ - NL char inside quotes, binary off"
X<2021>
Sequences like C<1,"foo\nbar",22,1> are allowed only when the binary option
has been selected with the constructor.
=item *
2022 "EIQ - CR char inside quotes, binary off"
X<2022>
Sequences like C<1,"foo\rbar",22,1> are allowed only when the binary option
has been selected with the constructor.
=item *
2023 "EIQ - QUO character not allowed"
X<2023>
Sequences like C<"foo "bar" baz",qu> and C<2023,",2008-04-05,"Foo, Bar",\n>
will cause this error.
=item *
2024 "EIQ - EOF cannot be escaped, not even inside quotes"
X<2024>
The escape character is not allowed as last character in an input stream.
=item *
2025 "EIQ - Loose unescaped escape"
X<2025>
An escape character should escape only characters that need escaping.
Allowing the escape for other characters is possible with the attribute
L</allow_loose_escape>.
=item *
2026 "EIQ - Binary character inside quoted field, binary off"
X<2026>
Binary characters are not allowed by default. Exceptions are fields that
contain valid UTF-8, that will automatically be upgraded if the content is
valid UTF-8. Set L<C<binary>|/binary> to C<1> to accept binary data.
=item *
2027 "EIQ - Quoted field not terminated"
X<2027>
When parsing a field that started with a quotation character, the field is
expected to be closed with a quotation character. When the parsed line is
exhausted before the quote is found, that field is not terminated.
=item *
2030 "EIF - NL char inside unquoted verbatim, binary off"
X<2030>
=item *
2031 "EIF - CR char is first char of field, not part of EOL"
X<2031>
=item *
2032 "EIF - CR char inside unquoted, not part of EOL"
X<2032>
=item *
2034 "EIF - Loose unescaped quote"
X<2034>
=item *
2035 "EIF - Escaped EOF in unquoted field"
X<2035>
=item *
2036 "EIF - ESC error"
X<2036>
=item *
2037 "EIF - Binary character in unquoted field, binary off"
X<2037>
=item *
2110 "ECB - Binary character in Combine, binary off"
X<2110>
=item *
2200 "EIO - print to IO failed. See errno"
X<2200>
=item *
3001 "EHR - Unsupported syntax for column_names ()"
X<3001>
=item *
3002 "EHR - getline_hr () called before column_names ()"
X<3002>
=item *
3003 "EHR - bind_columns () and column_names () fields count mismatch"
X<3003>
=item *
3004 "EHR - bind_columns () only accepts refs to scalars"
X<3004>
=item *
3006 "EHR - bind_columns () did not pass enough refs for parsed fields"
X<3006>
=item *
3007 "EHR - bind_columns needs refs to writable scalars"
X<3007>
=item *
3008 "EHR - unexpected error in bound fields"
X<3008>
=item *
3009 "EHR - print_hr () called before column_names ()"
X<3009>
=item *
3010 "EHR - print_hr () called with invalid arguments"
X<3010>
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<IO::File>, L<IO::Handle>, L<IO::Wrap>, L<Text::CSV>, L<Text::CSV_PP>,
L<Text::CSV::Encoded>, L<Text::CSV::Separator>, L<Spreadsheet::CSV> and
L<Spreadsheet::Read>, and of course L<perl>.
=head1 AUTHOR
Alan Citterman F<E<lt>alan@mfgrtl.comE<gt>> wrote the original Perl module.
Please don't send mail concerning Text::CSV_XS to Alan, who is not involved
in the C/XS part that is now the main part of the module.
Jochen Wiedmann F<E<lt>joe@ispsoft.deE<gt>> rewrote the en- and decoding in
C by implementing a simple finite-state machine. He added variable quote,
escape and separator characters, the binary mode and the print and getline
methods. See F<ChangeLog> releases 0.10 through 0.23.
H.Merijn Brand F<E<lt>h.m.brand@xs4all.nlE<gt>> cleaned up the code, added
the field flags methods, wrote the major part of the test suite, completed
the documentation, fixed most RT bugs, added all the allow flags and the
L</csv> function. See ChangeLog releases 0.25 and on.
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2007-2014 H.Merijn Brand. All rights reserved.
Copyright (C) 1998-2001 Jochen Wiedmann. All rights reserved.
Copyright (C) 1997 Alan Citterman. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
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