/// <summary>Semi-intelligent comma-separated splitter for CSV data</summary>
/// <param name="str">string to split</param>
/// <param name="opts">parse options</param>
/// <returns>string array of split elements</returns>
/// <remarks>an imbalance of quote delimiters will throw a FormatException</remarks>
public static string[] CSVSplit(string str, CSVParseOpts opts)
{
string[] fields = new string[0];
if (str == string.Empty)
{
return(fields);
}
if (opts.AreFieldsEnclosed == false)
{
fields = str.Split(opts.FieldDelimiter); // no embedded delimiters-just use .Split()
if (opts.TrimOutside)
{
for (int z = 0; z < fields.Length; z++)
{
fields[z] = TrimCSVField(fields[z], opts);
}
}
}
else
{
List <String> fieldlist = new List <string>();
bool inEnclosure = false;
int startPos = 0;
int p = 0;
while (p < str.Length)
{
if (str[p] == opts.FieldDelimiter)
{
if (inEnclosure)
{
p++; // skip past delimiter as it's embedded inside an enclosure
}
else
{
// process field
fieldlist.Add(TrimCSVField(ExtractCSVField(str, startPos, p, opts), opts));
p++;
startPos = p;
}
}
else
{
if (str[p] == opts.EnclosureDelimiter)
{
inEnclosure = !inEnclosure; // toggle enclosure flag
}
p++;
}
}
if (inEnclosure)
{
throw new FormatException("Imbalance of delimiters in line");
}
// process last field
fieldlist.Add(TrimCSVField(ExtractCSVField(str, startPos, p, opts), opts));
fields = fieldlist.ToArray();
}
return(fields);
}
private static string ExtractCSVField(string str, int startPos, int currPos, CSVParseOpts opts)
{
if (currPos == startPos)
{
return(string.Empty);
}
return(str.Substring(startPos, (currPos - startPos)));
}
/// <summary>Trim CSV element</summary>
/// <param name="str"></param>
/// <param name="opts"></param>
/// <returns>Trimmed element</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// 1) trim outside if TrimOutside flag is set
/// 2) remove enclosures if enclosures are defined
/// 3) trim inside if enclosures are defined
/// 4) unescape delimiters if enclosures are defined
/// </remarks>
private static string TrimCSVField(string str, CSVParseOpts opts)
{
if (opts.TrimOutside)
{
str = str.Trim();
}
if (opts.AreFieldsEnclosed)
{
if (str.StartsWith(opts.EnclosureDelimiter.ToString()) && str.EndsWith(opts.EnclosureDelimiter.ToString()))
{
str = str.Substring(1, str.Length - 2);
}
if (opts.TrimInEnclosure)
{
str = str.Trim();
}
// change double enclosure to single enclosure
str = str.Replace(opts.EnclosureDelimiter.ToString() + opts.EnclosureDelimiter.ToString(), opts.EnclosureDelimiter.ToString());
}
return(str);
}