Basic Tutorial

This section covers the most basic usage of FastCSV. It provides examples for reading and writing CSV data. For more advanced features, see the dedicated Examples section.

CsvReader examples

Iterative reading of some CSV data from a string

CsvReader.builder().ofCsvRecord("foo1,bar1\nfoo2,bar2")
    .forEach(System.out::println);

Iterative reading of a CSV file

try (CsvReader<CsvRecord> csv = CsvReader.builder().ofCsvRecord(file)) {
    csv.forEach(System.out::println);
}

Iterative reading of some CSV data with a header

CsvReader.builder().ofNamedCsvRecord("header 1,header 2\nfield 1,field 2")
    .forEach(rec -> System.out.println(rec.getField("header 2")));

Iterative reading of some CSV data with a custom header

CsvCallbackHandler<NamedCsvRecord> callbackHandler =
    new NamedCsvRecordHandler("header 1", "header 2");

CsvReader.builder().build(callbackHandler, "field 1,field 2")
    .forEach(rec -> System.out.println(rec.getField("header 2")));

Custom settings

CsvReader.builder()
    .fieldSeparator(';')
    .quoteCharacter('"')
    .commentStrategy(CommentStrategy.SKIP)
    .commentCharacter('#')
    .skipEmptyLines(true)
    .ignoreDifferentFieldCount(false)
    .acceptCharsAfterQuotes(false)
    .detectBomHeader(false);

IndexedCsvReader examples

Indexed reading of a CSV file

try (IndexedCsvReader<CsvRecord> csv = IndexedCsvReader.builder().ofCsvRecord(file)) {
    CsvIndex index = csv.getIndex();

    System.out.println("Items of last page:");
    int lastPage = index.getPageCount() - 1;
    List<CsvRecord> csvRecords = csv.readPage(lastPage);
    csvRecords.forEach(System.out::println);
}

CsvWriter examples

Iterative writing of some data to a writer

var sw = new StringWriter();
CsvWriter.builder().build(sw)
    .writeRecord("header 1", "header 2")
    .writeRecord("value 1", "value 2");

System.out.println(sw);

Iterative writing of a CSV file

try (CsvWriter csv = CsvWriter.builder().build(file)) {
    csv
        .writeRecord("header 1", "header 2")
        .writeRecord("value 1", "value 2");
}

Custom settings

CsvWriter.builder()
    .fieldSeparator(',')
    .quoteCharacter('"')
    .quoteStrategy(QuoteStrategies.ALWAYS)
    .commentCharacter('#')
    .lineDelimiter(LineDelimiter.LF);