com.mindprod.csv
Class CSVAlign
java.lang.Object
com.mindprod.csv.CSVAlign
public final class CSVAlign
- extends java.lang.Object
align a CSV File into columns.
Use: java.exe com.mindprod.CSVAlign somefile.csv
- Since:
- 1998
- Version:
- 3.8 2011-02-25 fix but when column comment had extra cols. left align date headers.
- Author:
- Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products
Constructor Summary |
CSVAlign(java.io.File file,
char separator,
char quote,
char commentChar,
boolean verbose,
java.lang.String encoding)
align a CSV file, constructor. |
Method Summary |
static void |
main(java.lang.String[] args)
Simple command line interface to CSVAlign one file whose name is on the command line. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
CSVAlign
public CSVAlign(java.io.File file,
char separator,
char quote,
char commentChar,
boolean verbose,
java.lang.String encoding)
throws java.io.IOException
- align a CSV file, constructor. Just create. There are no methods to call.
- Parameters:
file
- CSV file to be aligned in columns.separator
- field separator character, usually ',' in North America, ';' in Europe and sometimes '\t' for
tab.quote
- char to use to enclose fields containing a separator, usually '\"' . Use (char)0 if
you don't want a quote character.commentChar
- char to use to introduce comments. Use (char) 0 if none. Only one character allowed.verbose
- true if want extra status listing.encoding
- encoding of input and output.
- Throws:
java.io.IOException
- if problems reading/writing file
main
public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
- Simple command line interface to CSVAlign one file whose name is on the command line. Must have
extension .csv
Use java com.mindprod.CSVAlign somefile.csv
- Parameters:
args
- name of csv file to align in columns.