The encoding csv library

Overview

The csv library reads and writes comma-separated values (CSV) files. There are many kinds of CSV files; this package supports the format described in RFC 4180, except that it uses LF instead of CRLF as the newline character by default.

White space is considered part of a field.

Carriage returns before newline characters are silently removed.

Blank lines are ignored. A line with only whitespace characters (excluding the ending newline character) is not considered a blank line.

Fields which start and stop with the quote character " are called quoted-fields. The beginning and ending quote are not part of the field.

The source normal string,"quoted-field" results in the fields normal string, quoted-field.

Within a quoted-field a quote character followed by a second quote character is considered a single quote: "the ""word"" is true","a ""quoted-field""" results in the "word" is true, a "quoted-field". Newlines and commas may be included in a quoted-field

Modules

("encoding/csv")

("errors")

("strings")

Functions

encode(L list) -> string / error

Encodes a list into a CSV string, returning an error if the elements of the list aren't all of type string.

decode(s string) -> list / error

Decodes a CSV string into a list, returning an error if the input is not in fact a well-formed CSV string.

Notes

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