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Is it possible or any library available for creating .csv file in ObjC ?

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Probably because the asker is willing to consider using C or C++ libraries that may accomplish this task already. Remember that using C and C++ in Objective-C is supported, and easy. — Jasarien
– Jasarien, Commented Mar 10, 2010 at 10:29
This appears to be a duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/1512883/… and stackoverflow.com/questions/1159576/… — Brad Larson
– Brad Larson, Commented Mar 10, 2010 at 15:27
C CSV Parser: sourceforge.net/projects/cccsvparser C CSV Writer: sourceforge.net/projects/cccsvwriter — SomethingSomething
– SomethingSomething, Commented Aug 25, 2014 at 8:05

Ross · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-10 15:06:57Z

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A CSV file is a text file of comma seperated values.

You could write an a routine that loops through values adding each one to a text file (or even add the values to a string?). After each field, add the ',' character. At the end of each row, add a new line. The first row can be the field titles.

E.g.

Year,Make,Model
1997,Ford,E350
2000,Mercury,Cougar

Here is a wikipedia article that describes what CSV is. I hope it can help.

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Benedict Cohen · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-10 10:38:42Z

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CSV files are very simple.

If the data for each row is held in an array you could use -NSArray componentsJoinedByString:to create a row for the CSV file. You'd also have to escape the text but that's shouldn't be too tricky. All that's left is appending the row to a file.

You may also like to read Writing a parser using NSScanner (a CSV parsing example), which explains how to read a CSV file.

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rmaddy Over a year ago

While CSV can be simple, in general they are not. You must properly deal with column values containing the column separator (comma) and newlines.

pseudosudo · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-23 14:37:57Z

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Take a look at chcsvparser.

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xyzzycoder · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-10 10:39:02Z

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NSArray has some functionality that can accomplish at least some of this (depending on whether or not you need to escape characters) pretty readily. Take a look at the componentsJoinedByString: method.

NSString has a partner method - componentsSeparatedByString:

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