Read .CSV file in C

Question

I Have a .csv file :

lp;imie;nazwisko;ulica;numer;kod;miejscowosc;telefon;email;data_ur
1;Jan;Kowalski;ul. Nowa;1a;11-234;Budry;123-123-456;jan@go.xxx;1980.         


        

Answer 1

Thought I'd share this code. It's fairly simple, but effective. It parses comma-separated files with parenthesis. You can easily modify it to suit your needs.

#include 
#include 
#include 


int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  //argv[1] path to csv file
  //argv[2] number of lines to skip
  //argv[3] length of longest value (in characters)

  FILE *pfinput;
  unsigned int nSkipLines, currentLine, lenLongestValue;
  char *pTempValHolder;
  int c;
  unsigned int vcpm; //value character marker
  int QuotationOnOff; //0 - off, 1 - on

  nSkipLines = atoi(argv[2]);
  lenLongestValue = atoi(argv[3]);

  pTempValHolder = (char*)malloc(lenLongestValue);  

  if( pfinput = fopen(argv[1],"r") ) {

    rewind(pfinput);

    currentLine = 1;
    vcpm = 0;
    QuotationOnOff = 0;

    //currentLine > nSkipLines condition skips ignores first argv[2] lines
    while( (c = fgetc(pfinput)) != EOF)
    {
       switch(c)
       {
          case ',':
            if(!QuotationOnOff && currentLine > nSkipLines) 
            {
              pTempValHolder[vcpm] = '\0';
              printf("%s,",pTempValHolder);
              vcpm = 0;
            }
            break;
          case '\n':
            if(currentLine > nSkipLines)
            {
              pTempValHolder[vcpm] = '\0';
              printf("%s\n",pTempValHolder);
              vcpm = 0;
            }
            currentLine++;
            break;
          case '\"':
            if(currentLine > nSkipLines)
            {
              if(!QuotationOnOff) {
                QuotationOnOff = 1;
                pTempValHolder[vcpm] = c;
                vcpm++;
              } else {
                QuotationOnOff = 0;
                pTempValHolder[vcpm] = c;
                vcpm++;
              }
            }
            break;
          default:
            if(currentLine > nSkipLines)
            {
              pTempValHolder[vcpm] = c;
              vcpm++;
            }
            break;
       }
    }

    fclose(pfinput); 
    free(pTempValHolder);

  }

  return 0;
}