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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers File into an array Post 302890661 by cherusrinu on Thursday 27th of February 2014 07:03:12 PM
Old 02-27-2014
File into an array

hi all ,
thanks for seeing , please help me out with problem
i want to store contents of file into an array
for ex: i have csv file, contents as
Code:
mad,duck,male,half
red,ginger,new

i want to store them in an array like
Code:
array[0] = mad
array[1]=duck
.
.
array[4]=red
array[5]=ginger
.

my code is
Code:
##IFS=",|\n"
while read -d $"," var
do
     read -d ',' -a array <<< "$var"
echo ${array[0]};
done<csv

my output is
Code:
mad
duck
male
half

i am not getting how to read the next line contents
Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use CODE tag to mark sample input and output data and code samples.

Last edited by Don Cragun; 02-27-2014 at 08:47 PM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
 

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SPLFILEOBJECT.FPUTCSV(3)						 1						  SPLFILEOBJECT.FPUTCSV(3)

SplFileObject::fputcsv - Write a field array as a CSV line

SYNOPSIS
public int SplFileObject::fputcsv (array $fields, [string $delimiter = ","], [string $enclosure = '"'], [string $escape = " DESCRIPTION
Writes the $fields array to the file as a CSV line. PARAMETERS
o $fields - An array of values. o $delimiter - The optional $delimiter parameter sets the field delimiter (one character only). o $enclosure - The optional $enclosure parameter sets the field enclosure (one character only). o $escape - The optional $escape parameter sets the escape character (one character only). RETURN VALUES
Returns the length of the written string or FALSE on failure. Returns FALSE, and does not write the CSV line to the file, if the $delimiter or $enclosure parameter is not a single character. ERRORS
/EXCEPTIONS An E_WARNING level error is issued if the $delimiter or $enclosure parameter is not a single character. CHANGELOG
+--------------+-------------------------------+ | Version | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------------+-------------------------------+ |5.5.21, 5.6.5 | | | | | | | Added the $escape parameter. | | | | +--------------+-------------------------------+ EXAMPLES
Example #1 SplFileObject::fputcsv example <?php $list = array ( array('aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', 'dddd'), array('123', '456', '789'), array('"aaa"', '"bbb"') ); $file = new SplFileObject('file.csv', 'w'); foreach ($list as $fields) { $file->fputcsv($fields); } ?> The above example will write the following to file.csv: aaa,bbb,ccc,dddd 123,456,789 """aaa""","""bbb""" SEE ALSO
fputcsv(3), SplFileObject::fgetcsv. PHP Documentation Group SPLFILEOBJECT.FPUTCSV(3)
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