Parse CSV from string/memory buffer

[traversaro]

Hi @d99kris, thanks a lot for the great library!

I had a small question: it is possible to use rapidcsv to load csv text that has been already loaded in memory, for example that is contained in a std::string or a similar memory buffer? This is convenient when the CSV text to parse is not part of a file in a filesystem, but for example has been obtained from a network communication.

[d99kris]

Hi @traversaro - yes it is supported. Please check the details here: https://github.com/d99kris/rapidcsv#reading-csv-data-from-a-stream-or-string

Essentially rapidcsv can accept an std::istream, for example an std::stringstream, so you can do stuff like:

  std::string csv = "my,csv,data";
  std::stringstream sstream(csv);
  rapidcsv::Document doc(sstream)

[traversaro]

Hi @d99kris, thanks a lot for the quick reply.