A CSV parser. It lets you consume a CSV row by row.
Most of the time CSV#parse and CSV#each_row are more convenient.
Constructors
new(string_or_io :
String |
IO, separator :
Char =
DEFAULT_SEPARATOR, quote_char :
Char =
DEFAULT_QUOTE_CHAR)
Creates a parser from a String or IO.
Optionally takes the optional separator and quote_char arguments for
specifying non-standard cell separators and quote characters
Instance methods
each_row
Yields each of the remaining rows as an Array(String).
each_row
Returns an Iterator of Array(String) for the remaining rows.
Reads the next row into the given array.
Returns that same array, if a row was found, or nil.
next_row
Returns the next row in the CSV, if any, or nil.
parse
Returns the remaining rows.
rewind
Rewinds this parser to the beginning.