Hello Monks,

I am after some advice on how to read a csv file using Text::CSV_XS from line X into an array. The csv files i am working with have an unusual header so if i try to read the header an error is returned.

I can read a normal csv file with the code below, starting from line 42 in this case -- the code is essentially from CSV_XS synopsis with a few modifications.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#use strict;
#use warnings;
#use diagnostics;
use Text::CSV_XS;

 my $file = 'test.csv'; #csv file name

 my @rows; # array that will store csv values


 my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1 }) or
     die "Cannot use CSV: ".Text::CSV->error_diag ();

#open file
 open my $FH, "<:encoding(utf8)", "$file" or die "$file: $!";

#read file in while loop
 my $i = 1;
 while (my $row = $csv->getline ($FH) ) {
     if ($i > 42)
        {push @rows, $row;}
     $i++
     }

 $csv->eof or $csv->error_diag ();

#close file
 close $FH;

#print contents of @rows array
for my $print_rows (@rows)
        {
        print "@$print_rows\n";
        }

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I tried replacing getline with getline_all but i'm new to perl and not certain of the syntax or if it will even work as i expect. Or is a different loop set-up possible so the initial lines won't be parsed.

Thanks for any advice

In reply to Text::CSV_XS read file from line X by tw

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