in reply to CSV_XS and UTF8 strings

To disable quotes, I use quote_char => undef in the constructor. Also, binmode after open helps.
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Text::CSV_XS; my $file = 'sample.csv'; my @rows; my $csv = Text::CSV_XS->new( { quote_space => 0, quote_char => undef, binary => 1, auto_diag => 1, } ) or die "Cannot use CSV: " . Text::CSV_XS->error_diag(); open my $fh, '<:encoding(UTF-8)', $file or die "$!"; binmode $fh, ':encoding(UTF-8)'; while ( my $row = $csv->getline($fh) ) { push @rows, $row; } $csv->eof or $csv->error_diag(); close $fh; $csv->eof; open $fh, '>:encoding(UTF-8)', 'new.csv' or die "$!"; binmode $fh, ":encoding(UTF-8)"; $csv->print( $fh, $_ ) for @rows; close $fh or die "$!"; Output: hi,bye,test is great,testwhat is your name,is,&#12371;&#12428;&#12288; +&#35430;&#39443;&#12288;this is a test,test

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Re^2: CSV_XS and UTF8 strings
by Tux (Canon) on Oct 18, 2011 at 17:32 UTC

    Do you have an example where doubling the encoding () call helps?

    Setting quotation to undef will cause any field that needs quotation, like NL or fields that contain sep_char to generate invalid CSV.


    Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn