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Parse CSV File

Parse a CSV file on the fly in C/C++.

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Parse CSV File

Parse a CSV file on the fly in C/C++.

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// parse a csv file on the fly

// compile with g++ -std=c++11 csv.cpp -o csv


// http://www.wtfpl.net/

#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <algorithm>

void parseCsv(const std::string &path,


std::vector<std::vector<double>> &destination)
{
std::ifstream in(path);
std::string line;
std::string buf;
std::stringstream field;
double value;
while (std::getline(in, line))
{
std::vector<double> entry;

std::size_t pos;
while ((pos = line.find(',')) != std::string::npos)
{
buf = line.substr(0, pos);
buf.erase(std::remove(buf.begin(), buf.end(), 'c'), buf.end());
field.str(buf);
field >> value;
field.clear();
entry.push_back(value);
line = line.substr(pos + 1);
}

// This is the last entry in this line, simply read it ignoring


// whitespace.
field.str(line);
field >> value;
field.clear();
entry.push_back(value);

if (!entry.empty())
{
destination.push_back(entry);
}
}
in.close();
}

int main(int, char **)


{
std::vector<std::vector<double>> data;
parseCsv("data.csv", data);
for (const auto &line : data)
{
for (const auto &value : line)
{
std::cout << value << " ";
}
std::cout << std::endl;
}
}

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