package Text::CSV; use strict; use Carp (); BEGIN { $Text::CSV::VERSION = '1.10'; $Text::CSV::DEBUG = 0; } # if use CSV_XS, requires version my $Module_XS = 'Text::CSV_XS'; my $Module_PP = 'Text::CSV_PP'; my $XS_Version = '0.56'; my $Is_Dynamic = 0; # used in _load_xs and _load_pp my $Install_Dont_Die = 1; # When _load_xs fails to load XS, don't die. my $Install_Only = 2; # Don't call _set_methods() my @PublicMethods = qw/ version types quote_char escape_char sep_char eol always_quote binary allow_whitespace keep_meta_info allow_loose_quotes allow_loose_escapes verbatim meta_info is_quoted is_binary eof getline print parse combine fields string error_diag error_input status blank_is_undef getline_hr column_names bind_columns PV IV NV /; # my @UndocumentedXSMethods = qw/Combine Parse SetDiag/; my @UndocumentedPPMethods = qw//; # Currently empty # Check the environment variable to decide worker module. unless ($Text::CSV::Worker) { $Text::CSV::DEBUG and Carp::carp("Check used worker module..."); if ( exists $ENV{PERL_TEXT_CSV} ) { if ($ENV{PERL_TEXT_CSV} eq '0' or $ENV{PERL_TEXT_CSV} eq 'Text::CSV_PP') { _load_pp(); } elsif ($ENV{PERL_TEXT_CSV} eq '1' or $ENV{PERL_TEXT_CSV} =~ /Text::CSV_XS\s*,\s*Text::CSV_PP/) { _load_xs($Install_Dont_Die) or _load_pp(); } elsif ($ENV{PERL_TEXT_CSV} eq '2' or $ENV{PERL_TEXT_CSV} eq 'Text::CSV_XS') { _load_xs(); } else { Carp::croak "The value of environmental variable 'PERL_TEXT_CSV' is invalid."; } } else { _load_xs($Install_Dont_Die) or _load_pp(); } } sub import { my ($class, $option) = @_; } sub new { # normal mode my $proto = shift; my $class = ref($proto) || $proto; unless ( $proto ) { # for Text::CSV_XS/PP::new(0); return eval qq| $Text::CSV::Worker\::new( \$proto ) |; } #if (ref $_[0] and $_[0]->{module}) { # Carp::croak("Can't set 'module' in non dynamic mode."); #} if ( my $obj = $Text::CSV::Worker->new(@_) ) { $obj->{_MODULE} = $Text::CSV::Worker; bless $obj, $class; return $obj; } else { return; } } sub require_xs_version { $XS_Version; } sub module { my $proto = shift; return !ref($proto) ? $Text::CSV::Worker : ref($proto->{_MODULE}) ? ref($proto->{_MODULE}) : $proto->{_MODULE}; } *backend = *module; sub is_xs { return $_[0]->module eq $Module_XS; } sub is_pp { return $_[0]->module eq $Module_PP; } sub is_dynamic { $Is_Dynamic; } sub AUTOLOAD { my $self = $_[0]; my $attr = $Text::CSV::AUTOLOAD; $attr =~ s/.*:://; return if $attr =~ /^[A-Z]+$/; Carp::croak( "Can't locate method $attr" ) unless $attr =~ /^_/; my $pkg = $Text::CSV::Worker; my $method = "$pkg\::$attr"; $Text::CSV::DEBUG and Carp::carp("'$attr' is private method, so try to autoload..."); local $^W; no strict qw(refs); *{"Text::CSV::$attr"} = *{"$pkg\::$attr"}; goto &$attr; } sub _load_xs { my $opt = shift; $Text::CSV::DEBUG and Carp::carp "Load $Module_XS."; eval qq| use $Module_XS $XS_Version |; if ($@) { if (defined $opt and $opt & $Install_Dont_Die) { $Text::CSV::DEBUG and Carp::carp "Can't load $Module_XS...($@)"; return 0; } Carp::croak $@; } push @Text::CSV::ISA, 'Text::CSV_XS'; unless (defined $opt and $opt & $Install_Only) { _set_methods( $Text::CSV::Worker = $Module_XS ); } return 1; }; sub _load_pp { my $opt = shift; $Text::CSV::DEBUG and Carp::carp "Load $Module_PP."; eval qq| require $Module_PP |; if ($@) { Carp::croak $@; } push @Text::CSV::ISA, 'Text::CSV_PP'; unless (defined $opt and $opt & $Install_Only) { _set_methods( $Text::CSV::Worker = $Module_PP ); } }; sub _set_methods { my $class = shift; #return; local $^W; no strict qw(refs); for my $method (@PublicMethods) { *{"Text::CSV::$method"} = \&{"$class\::$method"}; } if ($Text::CSV::Worker eq $Module_XS) { for my $method (@UndocumentedXSMethods) { *{"Text::CSV::$method"} = \&{"$Module_XS\::$method"}; } } if ($Text::CSV::Worker eq $Module_PP) { for my $method (@UndocumentedPPMethods) { *{"Text::CSV::$method"} = \&{"$Module_PP\::$method"}; } } } 1; __END__ =pod =head1 NAME Text::CSV - comma-separated values manipulator (using XS or PurePerl) =head1 SYNOPSIS use Text::CSV; $csv = Text::CSV->new(); # create a new object # If you want to handle non-ascii char. $csv = Text::CSV->new({binary => 1}); $status = $csv->combine(@columns); # combine columns into a string $line = $csv->string(); # get the combined string $status = $csv->parse($line); # parse a CSV string into fields @columns = $csv->fields(); # get the parsed fields $status = $csv->status (); # get the most recent status $bad_argument = $csv->error_input (); # get the most recent bad argument $diag = $csv->error_diag (); # if an error occured, explains WHY $status = $csv->print ($io, $colref); # Write an array of fields # immediately to a file $io $colref = $csv->getline ($io); # Read a line from file $io, # parse it and return an array # ref of fields $csv->column_names (@names); # Set column names for getline_hr () $ref = $csv->getline_hr ($io); # getline (), but returns a hashref $eof = $csv->eof (); # Indicate if last parse or # getline () hit End Of File $csv->types(\@t_array); # Set column types =head1 DESCRIPTION Text::CSV provides facilities for the composition and decomposition of comma-separated values using L<Text::CSV_XS> or its pure Perl version. An instance of the Text::CSV class can combine fields into a CSV string and parse a CSV string into fields. The module accepts either strings or files as input and can utilize any user-specified characters as delimiters, separators, and escapes so it is perhaps better called ASV (anything separated values) rather than just CSV. =head1 VERSION 1.10 This module is compatible with Text::CSV_XS B<0.56> or later. =head2 BINARY MODE The default behavior is to only accept ascii characters. In many cases, you should create a Text::CSV object with binary mode. my $csv = Text::CSV->new({binary => 1}); See to L<Text::CSV_XS/Embedded newlines>. =head2 Unicode (UTF8) On parsing (both for C<getline ()> and C<parse ()>), if the source is marked being UTF8, then parsing that source will mark all fields that are marked binary will also be marked UTF8. On combining (C<print ()> and C<combine ()>), if any of the combining fields was marked UTF8, the resulting string will be marked UTF8. For complete control over encoding, please use L<Text::CSV::Encoded>: use Text::CSV::Encoded; my $csv = Text::CSV::Encoded->new ({ encoding_in => "iso-8859-1", # the encoding comes into Perl encoding_out => "cp1252", # the encoding comes out of Perl }); $csv = Text::CSV::Encoded->new ({ encoding => "utf8" }); # combine () and print () accept *literally* utf8 encoded data # parse () and getline () return *literally* utf8 encoded data $csv = Text::CSV::Encoded->new ({ encoding => undef }); # default # combine () and print () accept UTF8 marked data # parse () and getline () return UTF8 marked data =head1 SPECIFICATION See to L<Text::CSV_XS/SPECIFICATION>. =head1 FUNCTIONS These methods are common between XS and puer Perl version. Most of the document was shamelessly copied and replaced from Text::CSV_XS. =head2 version () (Class method) Returns the current backend module version. If you want the module version, you can use the C<VERSION> method, print Text::CSV->VERSION; # This module version print Text::CSV->version; # The version of the worker module # same as Text::CSV->backend->version =head2 new (\%attr) (Class method) Returns a new instance of Text::CSV_XS. The objects attributes are described by the (optional) hash ref C<\%attr>. Currently the following attributes are available: =over 4 =item eol An end-of-line string to add to rows. C<undef> is replaced with an empty string. The default is C<$\>. Common values for C<eol> are C<"\012"> (Line Feed) or C<"\015\012"> (Carriage Return, Line Feed). Cannot be longer than 7 (ASCII) characters. If both C<$/> and C<eol> equal C<"\015">, parsing lines that end on only a Carriage Return without Line Feed, will be C<parse>d correct. Line endings, whether in C<$/> or C<eol>, other than C<undef>, C<"\n">, C<"\r\n">, or C<"\r"> are not (yet) supported for parsing. =item sep_char The char used for separating fields, by default a comma. (C<,>). Limited to a single-byte character, usually in the range from 0x20 (space) to 0x7e (tilde). The separation character can not be equal to the quote character. The separation character can not be equal to the escape character. See also L<Text::CSV_XS/CAVEATS> =item allow_whitespace When this option is set to true, whitespace (TAB's and SPACE's) surrounding the separation character is removed when parsing. So lines like: 1 , "foo" , bar , 3 , zapp are now correctly parsed, even though it violates the CSV specs. Note that B<all> whitespace is stripped from start and end of each field. That would make is more a I<feature> than a way to be able to parse bad CSV lines, as 1, 2.0, 3, ape , monkey will now be parsed as ("1", "2.0", "3", "ape", "monkey") even if the original line was perfectly sane CSV. =item blank_is_undef Under normal circumstances, CSV data makes no distinction between quoted- and unquoted empty fields. They both end up in an empty string field once read, so 1,"",," ",2 is read as ("1", "", "", " ", "2") When I<writing> CSV files with C<always_quote> set, the unquoted empty field is the result of an undefined value. To make it possible to also make this distinction when reading CSV data, the C<blank_is_undef> option will cause unquoted empty fields to be set to undef, causing the above to be parsed as ("1", "", undef, " ", "2") =item quote_char The char used for quoting fields containing blanks, by default the double quote character (C<">). A value of undef suppresses quote chars. (For simple cases only). Limited to a single-byte character, usually in the range from 0x20 (space) to 0x7e (tilde). The quote character can not be equal to the separation character. =item allow_loose_quotes By default, parsing fields that have C<quote_char> characters inside an unquoted field, like 1,foo "bar" baz,42 would result in a parse error. Though it is still bad practice to allow this format, we cannot help there are some vendors that make their applications spit out lines styled like this. In case there is B<really> bad CSV data, like 1,"foo "bar" baz",42 or 1,""foo bar baz"",42 there is a way to get that parsed, and leave the quotes inside the quoted field as-is. This can be achieved by setting C<allow_loose_quotes> B<AND> making sure that the C<escape_char> is I<not> equal to C<quote_char>. =item escape_char The character used for escaping certain characters inside quoted fields. Limited to a single-byte character, usually in the range from 0x20 (space) to 0x7e (tilde). The C<escape_char> defaults to being the literal double-quote mark (C<">) in other words, the same as the default C<quote_char>. This means that doubling the quote mark in a field escapes it: "foo","bar","Escape ""quote mark"" with two ""quote marks""","baz" If you change the default quote_char without changing the default escape_char, the escape_char will still be the quote mark. If instead you want to escape the quote_char by doubling it, you will need to change the escape_char to be the same as what you changed the quote_char to. The escape character can not be equal to the separation character. =item allow_loose_escapes By default, parsing fields that have C<escape_char> characters that escape characters that do not need to be escaped, like: my $csv = Text::CSV->new ({ escape_char => "\\" }); $csv->parse (qq{1,"my bar\'s",baz,42}); would result in a parse error. Though it is still bad practice to allow this format, this option enables you to treat all escape character sequences equal. =item binary If this attribute is TRUE, you may use binary characters in quoted fields, including line feeds, carriage returns and NULL bytes. (The latter must be escaped as C<"0>.) By default this feature is off. =item types A set of column types; this attribute is immediately passed to the I<types> method below. You must not set this attribute otherwise, except for using the I<types> method. For details see the description of the I<types> method below. =item always_quote By default the generated fields are quoted only, if they need to, for example, if they contain the separator. If you set this attribute to a TRUE value, then all fields will be quoted. This is typically easier to handle in external applications. =item keep_meta_info By default, the parsing of input lines is as simple and fast as possible. However, some parsing information - like quotation of the original field - is lost in that process. Set this flag to true to be able to retrieve that information after parsing with the methods C<meta_info ()>, C<is_quoted ()>, and C<is_binary ()> described below. Default is false. =item verbatim This is a quite controversial attribute to set, but it makes hard things possible. The basic thought behind this is to tell the parser that the normally special characters newline (NL) and Carriage Return (CR) will not be special when this flag is set, and be dealt with as being ordinary binary characters. This will ease working with data with embedded newlines. When C<verbatim> is used with C<getline ()>, getline auto-chomp's every line. Imagine a file format like M^^Hans^Janssen^Klas 2\n2A^Ja^11-06-2007#\r\n where, the line ending is a very specific "#\r\n", and the sep_char is a ^ (caret). None of the fields is quoted, but embedded binary data is likely to be present. With the specific line ending, that shouldn't be too hard to detect. By default, Text::CSV' parse function however is instructed to only know about "\n" and "\r" to be legal line endings, and so has to deal with the embedded newline as a real end-of-line, so it can scan the next line if binary is true, and the newline is inside a quoted field. With this attribute however, we can tell parse () to parse the line as if \n is just nothing more than a binary character. For parse () this means that the parser has no idea about line ending anymore, and getline () chomps line endings on reading. =back To sum it up, $csv = Text::CSV->new (); is equivalent to $csv = Text::CSV->new ({ quote_char => '"', escape_char => '"', sep_char => ',', eol => $\, always_quote => 0, binary => 0, keep_meta_info => 0, allow_loose_quotes => 0, allow_loose_escapes => 0, allow_whitespace => 0, blank_is_undef => 0, verbatim => 0, }); For all of the above mentioned flags, there is an accessor method available where you can inquire for the current value, or change the value my $quote = $csv->quote_char; $csv->binary (1); It is unwise to change these settings halfway through writing CSV data to a stream. If however, you want to create a new stream using the available CSV object, there is no harm in changing them. If the C<new ()> constructor call fails, it returns C<undef>, and makes the fail reason available through the C<error_diag ()> method. $csv = Text::CSV->new ({ ecs_char => 1 }) or die Text::CSV->error_diag (); C<error_diag ()> will return a string like "Unknown attribute 'ecs_char'" =head2 combine $status = $csv->combine (@columns); This object function constructs a CSV string from the arguments, returning success or failure. Failure can result from lack of arguments or an argument containing an invalid character. Upon success, C<string ()> can be called to retrieve the resultant CSV string. Upon failure, the value returned by C<string ()> is undefined and C<error_input ()> can be called to retrieve an invalid argument. =head2 print $status = $csv->print ($io, $colref); Similar to combine, but it expects an array ref as input (not an array!) and the resulting string is not really created, but immediately written to the I<$io> object, typically an IO handle or any other object that offers a I<print> method. Note, this implies that the following is wrong: open FILE, ">", "whatever"; $status = $csv->print (\*FILE, $colref); The glob C<\*FILE> is not an object, thus it doesn't have a print method. The solution is to use an IO::File object or to hide the glob behind an IO::Wrap object. See L<IO::File(3)> and L<IO::Wrap(3)> for details. For performance reasons the print method doesn't create a result string. In particular the I<$csv-E<gt>string ()>, I<$csv-E<gt>status ()>, I<$csv->fields ()> and I<$csv-E<gt>error_input ()> methods are meaningless after executing this method. =head2 string $line = $csv->string (); This object function returns the input to C<parse ()> or the resultant CSV string of C<combine ()>, whichever was called more recently. =head2 parse $status = $csv->parse ($line); This object function decomposes a CSV string into fields, returning success or failure. Failure can result from a lack of argument or the given CSV string is improperly formatted. Upon success, C<fields ()> can be called to retrieve the decomposed fields . Upon failure, the value returned by C<fields ()> is undefined and C<error_input ()> can be called to retrieve the invalid argument. You may use the I<types ()> method for setting column types. See the description below. =head2 getline $colref = $csv->getline ($io); This is the counterpart to print, like parse is the counterpart to combine: It reads a row from the IO object $io using $io->getline () and parses this row into an array ref. This array ref is returned by the function or undef for failure. When fields are bound with C<bind_columns ()>, the return value is a reference to an empty list. The I<$csv-E<gt>string ()>, I<$csv-E<gt>fields ()> and I<$csv-E<gt>status ()> methods are meaningless, again. =head2 getline_hr The C<getline_hr ()> and C<column_names ()> methods work together to allow you to have rows returned as hashrefs. You must call C<column_names ()> first to declare your column names. $csv->column_names (qw( code name price description )); $hr = $csv->getline_hr ($io); print "Price for $hr->{name} is $hr->{price} EUR\n"; C<getline_hr ()> will croak if called before C<column_names ()>. =head2 column_names Set the keys that will be used in the C<getline_hr ()> calls. If no keys (column names) are passed, it'll return the current setting. C<column_names ()> accepts a list of scalars (the column names) or a single array_ref, so you can pass C<getline ()> $csv->column_names ($csv->getline ($io)); C<column_names ()> does B<no> checking on duplicates at all, which might lead to unwanted results. Undefined entries will be replaced with the string C<"\cAUNDEF\cA">, so $csv->column_names (undef, "", "name", "name"); $hr = $csv->getline_hr ($io); Will set C<$hr->{"\cAUNDEF\cA"}> to the 1st field, C<$hr->{""}> to the 2nd field, and C<$hr->{name}> to the 4th field, discarding the 2rd field. C<column_names ()> croaks on invalid arguments. =head2 bind_columns Takes a list of references to scalars to store the fields fetched C<getline ()> in. When you don't pass enough references to store the fetched fields in, C<getline ()> will fail. If you pass more than there are fields to return, the remaining references are left untouched. $csv->bind_columns (\$code, \$name, \$price, \$description); while ($csv->getline ()) { print "The price of a $name is \x{20ac} $price\n"; } =head2 eof $eof = $csv->eof (); If C<parse ()> or C<getline ()> was used with an IO stream, this method will return true (1) if the last call hit end of file, otherwise it will return false (''). This is useful to see the difference between a failure and end of file. =head2 types $csv->types (\@tref); This method is used to force that columns are of a given type. For example, if you have an integer column, two double columns and a string column, then you might do a $csv->types ([Text::CSV::IV (), Text::CSV::NV (), Text::CSV::NV (), Text::CSV::PV ()]); Column types are used only for decoding columns, in other words by the I<parse ()> and I<getline ()> methods. You can unset column types by doing a $csv->types (undef); or fetch the current type settings with $types = $csv->types (); =over 4 =item IV Set field type to integer. =item NV Set field type to numeric/float. =item PV Set field type to string. =back =head2 fields @columns = $csv->fields (); This object function returns the input to C<combine ()> or the resultant decomposed fields of C<parse ()>, whichever was called more recently. =head2 meta_info @flags = $csv->meta_info (); This object function returns the flags of the input to C<combine ()> or the flags of the resultant decomposed fields of C<parse ()>, whichever was called more recently. For each field, a meta_info field will hold flags that tell something about the field returned by the C<fields ()> method or passed to the C<combine ()> method. The flags are bitwise-or'd like: =over 4 =item 0x0001 The field was quoted. =item 0x0002 The field was binary. =back See the C<is_*** ()> methods below. =head2 is_quoted my $quoted = $csv->is_quoted ($column_idx); Where C<$column_idx> is the (zero-based) index of the column in the last result of C<parse ()>. This returns a true value if the data in the indicated column was enclosed in C<quote_char> quotes. This might be important for data where C<,20070108,> is to be treated as a numeric value, and where C<,"20070108",> is explicitly marked as character string data. =head2 is_binary my $binary = $csv->is_binary ($column_idx); Where C<$column_idx> is the (zero-based) index of the column in the last result of C<parse ()>. This returns a true value if the data in the indicated column contained any byte in the range [\x00-\x08,\x10-\x1F,\x7F-\xFF] =head2 status $status = $csv->status (); This object function returns success (or failure) of C<combine ()> or C<parse ()>, whichever was called more recently. =head2 error_input $bad_argument = $csv->error_input (); This object function returns the erroneous argument (if it exists) of C<combine ()> or C<parse ()>, whichever was called more recently. =head2 error_diag $csv->error_diag (); $error_code = 0 + $csv->error_diag (); $error_str = "" . $csv->error_diag (); ($cde, $str, $pos) = $csv->error_diag (); If (and only if) an error occured, this function returns the diagnostics of that error. If called in void context, it will print the internal error code and the associated error message to STDERR. If called in list context, it will return the error code and the error message in that order. If the last error was from parsing, the third value returned is the best guess at the location within the line that was being parsed. It's value is 1-based. Note: C<$pos> returned by the backend Text::CSV_PP does not show the error point in many cases (see to the below line). It is for conscience's sake in using Text::CSV_PP. If called in scalar context, it will return the diagnostics in a single scalar, a-la $!. It will contain the error code in numeric context, and the diagnostics message in string context. Depending on the used worker module, returned diagnostics is diffferent. Text::CSV_XS parses csv strings by dividing one character while Text::CSV_PP by using the regular expressions. That difference makes the different cause of the failure. =head2 SetDiag $csv->SetDiag (0); Use to reset the diagnostics if you are dealing with errors. =head2 Some methods are Text::CSV only. =over =item backend Returns the backend module name called by Text::CSV. C<module> is an alias. =item is_xs Returns true value if Text::CSV or the object uses XS module as worker. =item is_pp Returns true value if Text::CSV or the object uses pure-Perl module as worker. =back =head1 DIAGNOSTICS If an error occured, $csv->error_diag () can be used to get more information on the cause of the failure. Note that for speed reasons, the internal value is never cleared on success, so using the value returned by error_diag () in normal cases - when no error occured - may cause unexpected results. This function changes depending on the used module (XS or PurePerl). See to L<Text::CSV_XS/DIAGNOSTICS> and L<Text::CSV_PP/DIAGNOSTICS>. =head2 HISTORY AND WORKER MODULES This module, L<Text::CSV> was firstly written by Alan Citterman which could deal with B<only ascii characters>. Then, Jochen Wiedmann wrote L<Text::CSV_XS> which has the B<binary mode>. This XS version is maintained by H.Merijn Brand and L<Text::CSV_PP> written by Makamaka was pure-Perl version of Text::CSV_XS. Now, Text::CSV was rewritten by Makamaka and become a wrapper to Text::CSV_XS or Text::CSV_PP. Text::CSV_PP will be bundled in this distribution. When you use Text::CSV, it calls a backend worker module - L<Text::CSV_XS> or L<Text::CSV_PP>. By default, Text::CSV tries to use Text::CSV_XS which must be complied and installed properly. If this call is fail, Text::CSV uses L<Text::CSV_PP>. The required Text::CSV_XS version is I<0.41> in Text::CSV version 1.03. If you set an enviornment variable C<PERL_TEXT_CSV>, The calling action will be changed. =over =item PERL_TEXT_CSV = 0 =item PERL_TEXT_CSV = 'Text::CSV_PP' Always use Text::CSV_PP =item PERL_TEXT_CSV = 1 =item PERL_TEXT_CSV = 'Text::CSV_XS,Text::CSV_PP' (The default) Use compiled Text::CSV_XS if it is properly compiled & installed, otherwise use Text::CSV_PP =item PERL_TEXT_CSV = 2 =item PERL_TEXT_CSV = 'Text::CSV_XS' Always use compiled Text::CSV_XS, die if it isn't properly compiled & installed. =back These ideas come from L<DBI::PurePerl> mechanism. example: BEGIN { $ENV{PERL_TEXT_CSV} = 0 } use Text::CSV; # always uses Text::CSV_PP In future, it may be able to specify another module. =head1 TODO =over =item Wrapper mechanism Currently the wrapper mechanism is to change symbolic table for speed. for my $method (@PublicMethods) { *{"Text::CSV::$method"} = \&{"$class\::$method"}; } But how about it - calling worker module object? sub parse { my $self = shift; $self->{_WORKER_OBJECT}->parse(@_); # XS or PP CSV object } =back See to L<Text::CSV_XS/TODO> and L<Text::CSV_PP/TODO>. =head1 SEE ALSO L<Text::CSV_PP(3)>, L<Text::CSV_XS(3)> and L<Text::CSV::Encoded(3)>. =head1 AUTHORS and MAINTAINERS Alan Citterman F<E<lt>alan[at]mfgrtl.comE<gt>> wrote the original Perl module. Please don't send mail concerning Text::CSV to Alan, as he's not a present maintainer. Jochen Wiedmann F<E<lt>joe[at]ispsoft.deE<gt>> rewrote the encoding and decoding in C by implementing a simple finite-state machine and added the variable quote, escape and separator characters, the binary mode and the print and getline methods. See ChangeLog releases 0.10 through 0.23. H.Merijn Brand F<E<lt>h.m.brand[at]xs4all.nlE<gt>> cleaned up the code, added the field flags methods, wrote the major part of the test suite, completed the documentation, fixed some RT bugs. See ChangeLog releases 0.25 and on. Makamaka Hannyaharamitu, E<lt>makamaka[at]cpan.orgE<gt> wrote Text::CSV_PP which is the pure-Perl version of Text::CSV_XS. New Text::CSV (since 0.99) is maintained by Makamaka. =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Text::CSV Copyright (C) 1997 Alan Citterman. All rights reserved. Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Makamaka Hannyaharamitu. Text::CSV_PP: Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Makamaka Hannyaharamitu. Text:CSV_XS: Copyright (C) 2007-2008 H.Merijn Brand for PROCURA B.V. Copyright (C) 1998-2001 Jochen Wiedmann. All rights reserved. Portions Copyright (C) 1997 Alan Citterman. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut