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class CSV::Row
A CSV::Row is part Array and part Hash. It retains an order for the fields and allows duplicates just as an Array would, but also allows you to access fields by name just as you could if they were in a Hash.
All rows returned by CSV will be constructed from this class, if header row processing is activated.
Attributes
Internal data format used to compare equality.
Public Class Methods
# File lib/csv.rb, line 236
def initialize(headers, fields, header_row = false)
  @header_row = header_row
  headers.each { |h| h.freeze if h.is_a? String }
  # handle extra headers or fields
  @row = if headers.size >= fields.size
    headers.zip(fields)
  else
    fields.zip(headers).map { |pair| pair.reverse! }
  end
endConstruct a new CSV::Row from headers and fields, which are expected to be Arrays. If one Array is shorter than the other, it will be padded with nil objects.
The optional header_row parameter can be set to true to indicate, via #header_row? and #field_row?, that this is a header row. Otherwise, the row is assumes to be a field row.
A CSV::Row object supports the following Array methods through delegation:
- empty?() 
- length() 
- size() 
Public Instance Methods
# File lib/csv.rb, line 381
def <<(arg)
  if arg.is_a?(Array) and arg.size == 2  # appending a header and name
    @row << arg
  elsif arg.is_a?(Hash)                  # append header and name pairs
    arg.each { |pair| @row << pair }
  else                                   # append field value
    @row << [nil, arg]
  end
  self  # for chaining
endIf a two-element Array is provided, it is assumed to be a header and field and the pair is appended. A Hash works the same way with the key being the header and the value being the field. Anything else is assumed to be a lone field which is appended with a nil header.
This method returns the row for chaining.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 518
def ==(other)
  return @row == other.row if other.is_a? CSV::Row
  @row == other
endReturns true if this row contains the same headers and fields in the same order as other.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 348
def []=(*args)
  value = args.pop
  if args.first.is_a? Integer
    if @row[args.first].nil?  # extending past the end with index
      @row[args.first] = [nil, value]
      @row.map! { |pair| pair.nil? ? [nil, nil] : pair }
    else                      # normal index assignment
      @row[args.first][1] = value
    end
  else
    index = index(*args)
    if index.nil?             # appending a field
      self << [args.first, value]
    else                      # normal header assignment
      @row[index][1] = value
    end
  end
endLooks up the field by the semantics described in #field and assigns the value.
Assigning past the end of the row with an index will set all pairs between to [nil, nil]. Assigning to an unused header appends the new pair.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 416
def delete(header_or_index, minimum_index = 0)
  if header_or_index.is_a? Integer                 # by index
    @row.delete_at(header_or_index)
  elsif i = index(header_or_index, minimum_index)  # by header
    @row.delete_at(i)
  else
    [ ]
  end
endUsed to remove a pair from the row by header or index. The pair is located as described in #field. The deleted pair is returned, or nil if a pair could not be found.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 433
def delete_if(&block)
  @row.delete_if(&block)
  self  # for chaining
endThe provided block is passed a header and field for each pair in the row and expected to return true or false, depending on whether the pair should be deleted.
This method returns the row for chaining.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 508
def each(&block)
  @row.each(&block)
  self  # for chaining
endYields each pair of the row as header and field tuples (much like iterating over a Hash).
Support for Enumerable.
This method returns the row for chaining.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 311
def fetch(header, *varargs)
  raise ArgumentError, "Too many arguments" if varargs.length > 1
  pair = @row.assoc(header)
  if pair
    pair.last
  else
    if block_given?
      yield header
    elsif varargs.empty?
      raise KeyError, "key not found: #{header}"
    else
      varargs.first
    end
  end
endThis method will fetch the field value by header. It has the same behavior as Hash#fetch: if there is a field with the given header, its value is returned. Otherwise, if a block is given, it is yielded the header and its result is returned; if a default is given as the second argument, it is returned; otherwise a KeyError is raised.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 285
def field(header_or_index, minimum_index = 0)
  # locate the pair
  finder = (header_or_index.is_a?(Integer) || header_or_index.is_a?(Range)) ? :[] : :assoc
  pair   = @row[minimum_index..-1].send(finder, header_or_index)
  # return the field if we have a pair
  if pair.nil?
    nil
  else
    header_or_index.is_a?(Range) ? pair.map(&:last) : pair.last
  end
endThis method will return the field value by header or index. If a field is not found, nil is returned.
When provided, offset ensures that a header match occurs on or later than the offset index. You can use this to find duplicate headers, without resorting to hard-coding exact indices.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 494
def field?(data)
  fields.include? data
endReturns true if data matches a field in this row, and false otherwise.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 263
def field_row?
  not header_row?
endReturns true if this is a field row.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 447
def fields(*headers_and_or_indices)
  if headers_and_or_indices.empty?  # return all fields--no arguments
    @row.map { |pair| pair.last }
  else                              # or work like values_at()
    headers_and_or_indices.inject(Array.new) do |all, h_or_i|
      all + if h_or_i.is_a? Range
        index_begin = h_or_i.begin.is_a?(Integer) ? h_or_i.begin :
                                                    index(h_or_i.begin)
        index_end   = h_or_i.end.is_a?(Integer)   ? h_or_i.end :
                                                    index(h_or_i.end)
        new_range   = h_or_i.exclude_end? ? (index_begin...index_end) :
                                            (index_begin..index_end)
        fields.values_at(new_range)
      else
        [field(*Array(h_or_i))]
      end
    end
  end
endThis method accepts any number of arguments which can be headers, indices, Ranges of either, or two-element Arrays containing a header and offset. Each argument will be replaced with a field lookup as described in #field.
If called with no arguments, all fields are returned.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 328
def has_key?(header)
  !!@row.assoc(header)
endReturns true if there is a field with the given header.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 485
def header?(name)
  headers.include? name
endReturns true if name is a header for this row, and false otherwise.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 258
def header_row?
  @header_row
endReturns true if this is a header row.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 268
def headers
  @row.map { |pair| pair.first }
endReturns the headers of this row.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 477
def index(header, minimum_index = 0)
  # find the pair
  index = headers[minimum_index..-1].index(header)
  # return the index at the right offset, if we found one
  index.nil? ? nil : index + minimum_index
endThis method will return the index of a field with the provided header. The offset can be used to locate duplicate header names, as described in #field.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 543
def inspect
  str = ["#<", self.class.to_s]
  each do |header, field|
    str << " " << (header.is_a?(Symbol) ? header.to_s : header.inspect) <<
           ":" << field.inspect
  end
  str << ">"
  begin
    str.join('')
  rescue  # any encoding error
    str.map do |s|
      e = Encoding::Converter.asciicompat_encoding(s.encoding)
      e ? s.encode(e) : s.force_encoding("ASCII-8BIT")
    end.join('')
  end
endA summary of fields, by header, in an ASCII compatible String.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 400
def push(*args)
  args.each { |arg| self << arg }
  self  # for chaining
endA shortcut for appending multiple fields. Equivalent to:
args.each { |arg| csv_row << arg }
This method returns the row for chaining.
# File lib/csv.rb, line 537
def to_csv(options = Hash.new)
  fields.to_csv(options)
endReturns the row as a CSV String. Headers are not used. Equivalent to:
csv_row.fields.to_csv( options )
# File lib/csv.rb, line 527
def to_hash
  # flatten just one level of the internal Array
  Hash[*@row.inject(Array.new) { |ary, pair| ary.push(*pair) }]
endCollapses the row into a simple Hash. Be warned that this discards field order and clobbers duplicate fields.
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