Class: private

private

new private()

Constructs a new private class.

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Methods

(static) doubleQuoteIfNecessary(input)

Double-quotes the fields according the rules on Wikipedia as of 6/2015. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values)

  • Fields with embedded commas or double-quote characters must be quoted.
  • Each of the embedded double-quote characters must be represented by a pair of double-quote characters.
  • Fields with embedded line breaks must be quoted.
  • (Python addition) Python csv parser double-quotes \r always.
Parameters:
Name Type Description
input string

Input to double quote if necessary.
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(static) getArg(argDic, argName, defVal)

Get the argument from the argument dictionary, with a default value. Default value (defval) is returned if the argument is not in the argument:value dictionary, or, if the argument's type is not the same as default value.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
argDic dictionary

A dictionary of the type argName: value
argName string

The name of the argument to be found in dictionary
defVal *

If it cannot find this argName in argDic, it returns defVal.
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(static) parseStringToArray(argdic, str)

Given a csv string, it parses it into double array. Delimiter can be changed with argdic's delim parameter.

Follows the csv format described in http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4180 as in: "Fields containing line breaks (CRLF), double quotes, and commas should be enclosed in double-quotes."

Parameters:
Name Type Description
argdic dictionary

A dictionary of possible parameters.
str string

csv string to be parsed. Recognized values are:

  • hasHeaders: boolean - Whether str has header column. [default: false]
  • delim: char - Single delimiter char [default: ',']
  • hasComments: boolean - Whether str has comments. If true, any row which starts with # will be skipped. [default: false]
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