// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package csv import ( "bufio" "io" "strings" "unicode" "unicode/utf8" ) // A Writer writes records to a CSV encoded file. // // As returned by NewWriter, a Writer writes records terminated by a // newline and uses ',' as the field delimiter. The exported fields can be // changed to customize the details before the first call to Write or WriteAll. // // Comma is the field delimiter. // // If UseCRLF is true, the Writer ends each record with \r\n instead of \n. type Writer struct { Comma rune // Field delimiter (set to ',' by NewWriter) UseCRLF bool // True to use \r\n as the line terminator w *bufio.Writer } // NewWriter returns a new Writer that writes to w. func NewWriter(w io.Writer) *Writer { return &Writer{ Comma: ',', w: bufio.NewWriter(w), } } // Writer writes a single CSV record to w along with any necessary quoting. // A record is a slice of strings with each string being one field. func (w *Writer) Write(record []string) error { for n, field := range record { if n > 0 { if _, err := w.w.WriteRune(w.Comma); err != nil { return err } } // If we don't have to have a quoted field then just // write out the field and continue to the next field. if !w.fieldNeedsQuotes(field) { if _, err := w.w.WriteString(field); err != nil { return err } continue } if err := w.w.WriteByte('"'); err != nil { return err } for _, r1 := range field { var err error switch r1 { case '"': _, err = w.w.WriteString(`""`) case '\r': if !w.UseCRLF { err = w.w.WriteByte('\r') } case '\n': if w.UseCRLF { _, err = w.w.WriteString("\r\n") } else { err = w.w.WriteByte('\n') } default: _, err = w.w.WriteRune(r1) } if err != nil { return err } } if err := w.w.WriteByte('"'); err != nil { return err } } var err error if w.UseCRLF { _, err = w.w.WriteString("\r\n") } else { err = w.w.WriteByte('\n') } return err } // Flush writes any buffered data to the underlying io.Writer. // To check if an error occurred during the Flush, call Error. func (w *Writer) Flush() { w.w.Flush() } // Error reports any error that has occurred during a previous Write or Flush. func (w *Writer) Error() error { _, err := w.w.Write(nil) return err } // WriteAll writes multiple CSV records to w using Write and then calls Flush. func (w *Writer) WriteAll(records [][]string) error { for _, record := range records { err := w.Write(record) if err != nil { return err } } return w.w.Flush() } // fieldNeedsQuotes reports whether our field must be enclosed in quotes. // Fields with a Comma, fields with a quote or newline, and // fields which start with a space must be enclosed in quotes. // We used to quote empty strings, but we do not anymore (as of Go 1.4). // The two representations should be equivalent, but Postgres distinguishes // quoted vs non-quoted empty string during database imports, and it has // an option to force the quoted behavior for non-quoted CSV but it has // no option to force the non-quoted behavior for quoted CSV, making // CSV with quoted empty strings strictly less useful. // Not quoting the empty string also makes this package match the behavior // of Microsoft Excel and Google Drive. // For Postgres, quote the data terminating string `\.`. func (w *Writer) fieldNeedsQuotes(field string) bool { if field == "" { return false } if field == `\.` || strings.ContainsRune(field, w.Comma) || strings.ContainsAny(field, "\"\r\n") { return true } r1, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(field) return unicode.IsSpace(r1) }