* Converting csv (with new lines) to org-mode.
@ 2013-01-31 12:25 Nicolas Richard
2013-02-15 21:29 ` Bastien
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From: Nicolas Richard @ 2013-01-31 12:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hello everyone,
A csv table can include newlines in its fields, which confuses the csv
parser contained in org-table-convert-region. Since I had no time to
patch the current implementation of org-table-convert-region, I decided
to use an already existing csv parser found in marmalade. You find below
the code I used (requires pcsv, a csv parser) if anyone is interested.
It's very simple : pcsv does the work of transforming the csv into a
list of list, then I mapconcat those using " | " as separator.
(defun yf/lisp-table-to-org-table (table &optional function)
"Convert a lisp table to `org-mode' syntax, applying FUNCTION to each of its elements.
The elements should not have any more newlines in them after
applying FUNCTION ; the default converts them to spaces. Return
value is a string containg the unaligned `org-mode' table."
(unless (functionp function)
(setq function (lambda (x) (replace-regexp-in-string "\n" " " x))))
(mapconcat (lambda (x) ; x is a line.
(concat "| " (mapconcat function x " | ") " |"))
table "\n"))
(defun yf/csv-to-table (beg end)
"Convert a csv file to an `org-mode' table."
(interactive "r")
(require 'pcsv)
(insert (yf/lisp-table-to-org-table (pcsv-parse-region beg end)))
(delete-region beg end)
(org-table-align))
--
N.
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* Re: Converting csv (with new lines) to org-mode.
2013-01-31 12:25 Converting csv (with new lines) to org-mode Nicolas Richard
@ 2013-02-15 21:29 ` Bastien
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From: Bastien @ 2013-02-15 21:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nicolas Richard; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Hi Nicolas,
"Nicolas Richard" <theonewiththeevillook@yahoo.fr> writes:
> A csv table can include newlines in its fields, which confuses the csv
> parser contained in org-table-convert-region. Since I had no time to
> patch the current implementation of org-table-convert-region, I decided
> to use an already existing csv parser found in marmalade. You find below
> the code I used (requires pcsv, a csv parser) if anyone is
> interested.
Thanks for sharing this! I've added it to the org-hacks.org
page of Worg.
--
Bastien
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