Parsing CSV in java

Question

I have this weird situation where I have to read horizontally. So I am getting a csv file which has data in horizontal format. Like below:

CompanyName,RunDat         


        

Answer 1

By far the most useful page on the subject of CSV parsing I've ever found is the following:

http://secretgeek.net/csv_trouble.asp

Basically, get an established library to do it for you, because csv parsing is deceptively tricky.