Re: [Boost-users] Regex - Reading CSV files like MS Excel does

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Regex - Reading CSV files like MS Excel does
From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-14 11:11:00

Jeff Dunlap wrote:
> The expression regex e(",") handles files in a clean format such as:
> 
> field 1,field 2,field 3
> 
> 
> 
> I would like to read some CSV files where there may be fields that contain a 
> comma (enclosed in ""):
> 
> 1999,Smith, Mike, "Smith, Mike", 55
> 1999,Doe, Jane, "Doe, Jane", 45
> 
> 
> 
> And if possible, I would like to handle commas and quotes within the field:
> 
> 1999,Doe, Jane, "Doe, Jane "Happy Gurl"", 45

googling regex csv yields several hits the first of which is:

http://geekswithblogs.net/mwatson/archive/2004/09/04/10658.aspx

Jeff