A comma-separated values (CSV) file is a delimited text file that uses a comma to separate values. Each line of the file is a data record. Each record consists of one or more fields, separated by commas. The use of the comma as a field separator is the source of the name for this file format. A CSV file typically stores tabular data (numbers and text) in plain text, in which case each line will have the same number of fields.
Here's a practical example of how to import data from a CSV file into InterSystems CACHÉ using ObjectScript Assuming your CSV file is simple (e.g., comma-separated, with headers), you can use %Stream.FileCharacter to read it line by line and parse the data.
ClassMethod ImportCSV(filePath As %String) As %Status { Set stream = ##class(%Stream.FileCharacter).%New() Set sc = stream.LinkToFile(filePath) If 'sc Quit sc
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