CSV::Row

A CSV::Row is part Array and part Hash. It retains an order for the fields and allows duplicates just as an Array would, but also allows you to access fields by name just as you could if they were in a Hash.

All rows returned by CSV will be constructed from this class, if header row processing is activated.

Attributes

row[R]

Internal data format used to compare equality.

Public Class Methods

new(headers, fields, header_row = false) click to toggle source

Construct a new CSV::Row from headers and fields, which are expected to be Arrays. If one Array is shorter than the other, it will be padded with nil objects.

The optional header_row parameter can be set to true to indicate, via #header_row? and #field_row?, that this is a header row. Otherwise, the row is assumes to be a field row.

A CSV::Row object supports the following Array methods through delegation:

empty?()
length()
size()

 
               # File csv.rb, line 235
def initialize(headers, fields, header_row = false)
  @header_row = header_row

  # handle extra headers or fields
  @row = if headers.size > fields.size
    headers.zip(fields)
  else
    fields.zip(headers).map { |pair| pair.reverse }
  end
end

Public Instance Methods

<<( field ) click to toggle source

<<( header_and_field_array )

<<( header_and_field_hash )

If a two-element Array is provided, it is assumed to be a header and field and the pair is appended. A Hash works the same way with the key being the header and the value being the field. Anything else is assumed to be a lone field which is appended with a nil header.

This method returns the row for chaining.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 339
def <<(arg)
  if arg.is_a?(Array) and arg.size == 2  # appending a header and name
    @row << arg
  elsif arg.is_a?(Hash)                  # append header and name pairs
    arg.each { |pair| @row << pair }
  else                                   # append field value
    @row << [nil, arg]
  end

  self  # for chaining
end

==(other) click to toggle source

Returns true if this row contains the same headers and fields in the same order as other.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 476
def ==(other)
  @row == other.row
end

[](header_or_index, minimum_index = 0) click to toggle source

Alias for: field

[]=( header, value ) click to toggle source

[]=( header, offset, value )

[]=( index, value )

Looks up the field by the semantics described in #field and assigns the value.

Assigning past the end of the row with an index will set all pairs between to [nil, nil]. Assigning to an unused header appends the new pair.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 306
def []=(*args)
  value = args.pop

  if args.first.is_a? Integer
    if @row[args.first].nil?  # extending past the end with index
      @row[args.first] = [nil, value]
      @row.map! { |pair| pair.nil? ? [nil, nil] : pair }
    else                      # normal index assignment
      @row[args.first][1] = value
    end
  else
    index = index(*args)
    if index.nil?             # appending a field
      self << [args.first, value]
    else                      # normal header assignment
      @row[index][1] = value
    end
  end
end

delete( header ) click to toggle source

delete( header, offset )

delete( index )

Used to remove a pair from the row by header or index. The pair is located as described in #field. The deleted pair is returned, or nil if a pair could not be found.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 374
def delete(header_or_index, minimum_index = 0)
  if header_or_index.is_a? Integer                 # by index
    @row.delete_at(header_or_index)
  elsif i = index(header_or_index, minimum_index)  # by header
    @row.delete_at(i)
  else
    [ ]
  end
end

delete_if(&block) click to toggle source

The provided block is passed a header and field for each pair in the row and expected to return true or false, depending on whether the pair should be deleted.

This method returns the row for chaining.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 391
def delete_if(&block)
  @row.delete_if(&block)

  self  # for chaining
end

each(&block) click to toggle source

Yields each pair of the row as header and field tuples (much like iterating over a Hash).

Support for Enumerable.

This method returns the row for chaining.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 466
def each(&block)
  @row.each(&block)

  self  # for chaining
end

field( header ) click to toggle source

field( header, offset )

field( index )

This method will fetch the field value by header or index. If a field is not found, nil is returned.

When provided, offset ensures that a header match occurrs on or later than the offset index. You can use this to find duplicate headers, without resorting to hard-coding exact indices.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 283
def field(header_or_index, minimum_index = 0)
  # locate the pair
  finder = header_or_index.is_a?(Integer) ? :[] : :assoc
  pair   = @row[minimum_index..-1].send(finder, header_or_index)

  # return the field if we have a pair
  pair.nil? ? nil : pair.last
end

Also aliased as: []

field?(data) click to toggle source

Returns true if data matches a field in this row, and false otherwise.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 452
def field?(data)
  fields.include? data
end

field_row?() click to toggle source

Returns true if this is a field row.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 261
def field_row?
  not header_row?
end

fields(*headers_and_or_indices) click to toggle source

This method accepts any number of arguments which can be headers, indices, Ranges of either, or two-element Arrays containing a header and offset. Each argument will be replaced with a field lookup as described in #field.

If called with no arguments, all fields are returned.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 405
def fields(*headers_and_or_indices)
  if headers_and_or_indices.empty?  # return all fields--no arguments
    @row.map { |pair| pair.last }
  else                              # or work like values_at()
    headers_and_or_indices.inject(Array.new) do |all, h_or_i|
      all + if h_or_i.is_a? Range
        index_begin = h_or_i.begin.is_a?(Integer) ? h_or_i.begin :
                                                    index(h_or_i.begin)
        index_end   = h_or_i.end.is_a?(Integer)   ? h_or_i.end :
                                                    index(h_or_i.end)
        new_range   = h_or_i.exclude_end? ? (index_begin...index_end) :
                                            (index_begin..index_end)
        fields.values_at(new_range)
      else
        [field(*Array(h_or_i))]
      end
    end
  end
end

Also aliased as: values_at

header?(name) click to toggle source

Returns true if name is a header for this row, and false otherwise.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 443
def header?(name)
  headers.include? name
end

Also aliased as: include?

header_row?() click to toggle source

Returns true if this is a header row.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 256
def header_row?
  @header_row
end

headers() click to toggle source

Returns the headers of this row.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 266
def headers
  @row.map { |pair| pair.first }
end

include?(name) click to toggle source

Alias for: header?

index( header ) click to toggle source

index( header, offset )

This method will return the index of a field with the provided header. The offset can be used to locate duplicate header names, as described in #field.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 435
def index(header, minimum_index = 0)
  # find the pair
  index = headers[minimum_index..-1].index(header)
  # return the index at the right offset, if we found one
  index.nil? ? nil : index + minimum_index
end

inspect() click to toggle source

A summary of fields, by header, in an ASCII compatible String.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 500
def inspect
  str = ["#<", self.class.to_s]
  each do |header, field|
    str << " " << (header.is_a?(Symbol) ? header.to_s : header.inspect) <<
           ":" << field.inspect
  end
  str << ">"
  begin
    str.join('')
  rescue  # any encoding error
    str.map do |s|
      e = Encoding::Converter.asciicompat_encoding(s.encoding)
      e ? s.encode(e) : s.force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT")
    end.join('')
  end
end

push(*args) click to toggle source

A shortcut for appending multiple fields. Equivalent to:

args.each { |arg| csv_row << arg }

This method returns the row for chaining.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 358
def push(*args)
  args.each { |arg| self << arg }

  self  # for chaining
end

to_csv(options = Hash.new) click to toggle source

Returns the row as a CSV String. Headers are not used. Equivalent to:

csv_row.fields.to_csv( options )

 
               # File csv.rb, line 494
def to_csv(options = Hash.new)
  fields.to_csv(options)
end

Also aliased as: to_s

to_hash() click to toggle source

Collapses the row into a simple Hash. Be warning that this discards field order and clobbers duplicate fields.

 
               # File csv.rb, line 484
def to_hash
  # flatten just one level of the internal Array
  Hash[*@row.inject(Array.new) { |ary, pair| ary.push(*pair) }]
end

to_s(options = Hash.new) click to toggle source

Alias for: to_csv

values_at(*headers_and_or_indices) click to toggle source

Alias for: fields

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