From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-01-28T06:25:23+09:00
Subject: Re: csv help

On Jan 27, 2006, at 3:18 PM, charlie bowman wrote:

>   def read
>   @data = String.new
>     CSV.parse open(@@csv_file).read do |row|
>       @data << row.to_s << ','
>     end
>     @data
>   end

To read a CSV file into an Array, try:

array_of_csv_rows = CSV.read("my_file.csv")

If you want to read CSV row by row, use:

CSV.foeach("my_file.csv") do |row
   # use row here
end

Hope that helps.

James Edward Gray II