Re: Text::CSV_XS Issue

Text::CSV_XS and Text::CSV only quote when needed in combine () and print (). That is by design. If you want all strings quoted, there is an option to do so: always_quote, which you explicitely set to 0

always_quote

  By default the generated fields are quoted only, if they need to, fo
+r example,
  if they contain the separator. If you set this attribute to a TRUE v
+alue, then
  all fields will be quoted. This is typically easier to handle in ext
+ernal
  applications. (Poor creatures who aren't using Text::CSV_XS. :-)
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my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new ({ binary => 1, always_quote => 1, eol => "\r\n" });

And I would advise you to use

$csv->print (*STDOUT, [ $fileName,$doc_type, $default_name, $default_description, $report_time ]);

instead of using combine () and string ().

edit: code => quote typo fixed

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

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Re^2: Text::CSV_XS Issue by drodinthe559 (Monk) on May 28, 2009 at 19:08 UTC
Why are you resistant to using combine or string?	[reply]
Re^3: Text::CSV_XS Issue by Tux (Canon) on May 29, 2009 at 06:00 UTC
Efficiency. Both in speed and memory use Readability. It's more terse and easier in use More in line with `getline ()`, which is safer and faster than `parse ()` Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l] [select]