------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- Library for reading/writing files in CSV format. --- Files in CSV (comma separated values) format can be imported and exported --- by most spreadsheed and database applications. --- --- @author Michael Hanus --- @version September 2004 --- @category general ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ module Text.CSV ( showCSV, readCSV, readCSVWithDelims , writeCSVFile, readCSVFile, readCSVFileWithDelims ) where import Data.List (intersperse) --- Writes a list of records (where each record is a list of strings) --- into a file in CSV format. --- @param fname - the name of the result file (with standard suffix ".csv") --- @param rows - the list of rows writeCSVFile :: String -> [[String]] -> IO () writeCSVFile fname rows = writeFile fname (showCSV rows) --- Shows a list of records (where each record is a list of strings) --- as a string in CSV format. showCSV :: [[String]] -> String showCSV rows = concatMap showCSVLine rows --- Shows a list of strings as a line in CSV format. showCSVLine :: [String] -> String showCSVLine row = concat (intersperse "," (map convert row)) ++ "\n" where -- enclose in quotation marks if necessary: convert s = if any (\c->c `elem` ['"',',',';',':','\n']) s then '"' : concatMap (\c->if c=='"' then [c,c] else [c]) s ++ "\"" else s --- Reads a file in CSV format and returns the list of records --- (where each record is a list of strings). --- @param fname - the name of the result file (with standard suffix ".csv") readCSVFile :: String -> IO [[String]] readCSVFile = readCSVFileWithDelims [','] --- Reads a file in CSV format and returns the list of records --- (where each record is a list of strings). --- @param delims - the list of characters considered as delimiters --- @param fname - the name of the result file (with standard suffix ".csv") readCSVFileWithDelims :: [Char] -> String -> IO [[String]] readCSVFileWithDelims delims fname = do contents <- readFile fname return (readCSVWithDelims delims contents) --- Reads a string in CSV format and returns the list of records --- (where each record is a list of strings). --- @param str - the string in CSV format readCSV :: String -> [[String]] readCSV = readCSVWithDelims [','] --- Reads a string in CSV format and returns the list of records --- (where each record is a list of strings). --- @param delims - the list of characters considered as delimiters --- @param str - the string in CSV format readCSVWithDelims :: [Char] -> String -> [[String]] readCSVWithDelims delims str = map (components delims) (lines str) --- Breaks a string in CSV record format into a list of components. components :: [Char] -> String -> [String] components _ [] = [[]] components delims (c:cs) = if c=='"' then breakString cs else let (e,s) = break (`elem` delims) (c:cs) in e : (if null s then [] else components delims (tail s)) where breakString [] = delimError breakString [x] = if x=='"' then [[]] else delimError breakString (x:y:zs) | x=='"' && y=='"' = let (b:bs) = breakString zs in (x:b):bs | x=='"' && y `elem` delims = []:components delims zs | otherwise = let (b:bs) = breakString (y:zs) in (x:b):bs delimError = error "Missing closing delimiter in CSV record!" -- Examples: -- writeCSVFile "tmp.csv" [["Name","Value"],["aa\"bb,cc","1"]] -- readCSVFile "tmp.csv"