I've seen that complaint before, which is odd because the docs clearly tell you how to write a CSV, as well. The first sentence of the description says so specifically. The functions you want are combine (into a CSV string) or, more likely, print (combine and then print to a filehandle).

Here's a simple example:

@headers = (
  "First",
  "Second",
  "Third",
  "Fourth"
);

@cols = (
  "I'm text",
  12,         # <--Number
  "",
  "That was a blank"
);

my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new;
open my $fh, ">Output.csv" or die $!;
$csv->print($fh, @headers); # Prints with \n by default
$csv->print($fh, @cols);    # Use something like
                            #   $csv->print($fh, @$_) for @rows
                            #   for an array of data.

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Output.csv should look like this:

"First","Second","Third","Fourth"
"I'm text",12,,"That was a blank"

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Cheers!

--marmot UPDATED: for clarity and to correct a typo.

In reply to Re^3: CSV or HTML? by furry_marmot
in thread CSV or HTML? by jms53

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