Workspace 6.21.5
CsvReader

Reads a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file into a ObjectDictionary, where each column of the CSV file is represented as a uniquely named item in the dataset. Use GetItemFromObjectDictionary to retrieve a particular column.

  • Default label: "CSV reader"
  • Member of plug-in: Data analysis
  • Catalogue path: FileIO/Readers
Inputs:
File nameQString

DelimiterQStringThe delimiter character used to separate cells in the dataset.
Column formattingCSIRO::DataAnalysis::CsvReader::ColumnHeaderFormatting

Skip top # linesint

Skip # lines at top of file - may contain metadata such as origin or creation date

Outputs:
CSV file dataCSIRO::DataExecution::ObjectDictionary

An ObjectDictionary containing the columns of CSV data, where each column is represented as a uniquely named item in the dictionary. Use GetItemFromObjectDictionary to retrieve a specific column.