Where can I find a CSV to NSArray parser for Objective-C? [closed]

Answer 1

I've found ParseKit few weeks ago But IMHO for most cases -[NSString componentsSeparatedByString:] method and NSScanner are more than enough and quite easy to use.

Answer 2

As xmr said above: It's possible in Objective C to convert an NSString csv into 'components separated by string' array.

    NSArray* items;
    items=[bufferString componentsSeparatedByString:@","];       

In case you are interested in csv export having arrived at this thread - as I did - here is an extract of how I exported a csv file.

    NSString* fileName    = @"Level";
    fileName = [fileName stringByAppendingString:levelNumberBeingEdited];
    fileName = [fileName stringByAppendingString:@".txt"];
    NSString* bufferString=@"";  

Buffer String is populated by looping through each data item (not shown) and inserting a comma between each. Finally it's exported.

    NSString* homeDir = NSHomeDirectory();
    NSString* fullPath = [homeDir stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
    NSError* error = nil;
    [bufferString writeToFile:fullPath atomically:NO encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:&error];