Need help to parse the csv file with comma delimiter

[Jinu]

Hello Friends,

I am facing issues in parsing the csv file,and I would be really grateful if anyone can provide the inputs..

Problem Description ::

I am able to parse the file correctly with the following type of lines..

"ABC","ANGEL",DEMONS,

using istringstream lineparse(line) and getline (lineparse,value, ',') I am able to seperate out the values and store it in vector...

But if the line contains the values as mentioned below::

"ABC","ANGEL,DEMONS",DEMONS,

The above method will give the result which is not the intended result.

I want the value to be seperated out as ::

ABC
ANGEL,DEMONS
DEMONS

I would be really grateful if anyone can give me some inputs on how we can parse the above line...

With Best Regards,
Jinu

[TheDestroyer]

Add a small hint to your program. After a comma, if the first character is a ", then keep looping till you find another one, and concatenate the letters from the first " to the last ". Could you do that?

[Jinu]

Hi,

Thank you so much for your time and for looking into the problem.

I will check the way you have mentioned....But currently I am using the function istringstream lineparse(line) and getline (lineparse,value, ',') to parse the comma seperated file..

Will it not complicates the solution....? just asking....But I would like to try the way you have mentioned..

With Best Regards,
Jinu

[TheDestroyer]

If you're parsing with that function, you may try this. Parse first for ", then parse for commas, and then concatenate the different parts.

(lineparse,value, '\"') //slash because it's a special character.

[Jinu]

Thankyou so much for your help.....I think this shoud work...:) ..I will try this way..

WIth Very Best Regards,
Shailesh.

[Jinu]

rror: invalid conversion from `void*' to `char**'
csvreader.cc:21: error: cannot convert `std::string' to `size_t*' for argument `2' to `__ssize_t getline(char**, size_t*, FILE*)'


if I am using (lineparse,value, '\",')

[TheDestroyer]

You're welcome :)

[Jinu]

rror: invalid conversion from `void*' to `char**'
csvreader.cc:21: error: cannot convert `std::string' to `size_t*' for argument `2' to `__ssize_t getline(char**, size_t*, FILE*)'


Getting this error..:( if I am using (lineparse,value, '\",')