Read CSV file column by column

Question

I want to read specific columns from a multi column csv file and print those columns in other csv file using Java. Any help please? Following is my code to print each token

Answer 1

We can use the core java stuff alone to read the CVS file column by column. Here is the sample code I have wrote for my requirement. I believe that it will help for some one.

 BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(csvFile));
    String line = EMPTY;
    int lineNumber = 0;

    int productURIIndex = -1;
    int marketURIIndex = -1;
    int ingredientURIIndex = -1;
    int companyURIIndex = -1;

    // read comma separated file line by line
    while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
        lineNumber++;
        // use comma as line separator
        String[] splitStr = line.split(COMMA);
        int splittedStringLen = splitStr.length;

        // get the product title and uri column index by reading csv header
        // line
        if (lineNumber == 1) {
            for (int i = 0; i < splittedStringLen; i++) {
                if (splitStr[i].equals(PRODUCTURI_TITLE)) {
                    productURIIndex = i;
                    System.out.println("product_uri index:" + productURIIndex);
                }

                if (splitStr[i].equals(MARKETURI_TITLE)) {
                    marketURIIndex = i;
                    System.out.println("marketURIIndex:" + marketURIIndex);
                }

                if (splitStr[i].equals(COMPANYURI_TITLE)) {
                    companyURIIndex = i;
                    System.out.println("companyURIIndex:" + companyURIIndex);
                }

                if (splitStr[i].equals(INGREDIENTURI_TITLE)) {
                    ingredientURIIndex = i;
                    System.out.println("ingredientURIIndex:" + ingredientURIIndex);
                }
            }
        } else {
            if (splitStr != null) {
                String conditionString = EMPTY;
                // avoiding arrayindexoutboundexception when the line
                // contains only ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
                for (String s : splitStr) {
                    conditionString = s;
                }
                if (!conditionString.equals(EMPTY)) {
                    if (productURIIndex != -1) {
                        productCVSUriList.add(splitStr[productURIIndex]);
                    }
                    if (companyURIIndex != -1) {
                        companyCVSUriList.add(splitStr[companyURIIndex]);
                    }
                    if (marketURIIndex != -1) {
                        marketCVSUriList.add(splitStr[marketURIIndex]);
                    }
                    if (ingredientURIIndex != -1) {
                        ingredientCVSUriList.add(splitStr[ingredientURIIndex]);
                    }
                }
            }
        }