BAMFCSV -- Parsin' CSVs like a BAMF!
$ gem install bamfcsv $ irb -rbamfcsv irb> BAMFCSV.read "super_giant.csv" ===> ...large array of arrays...
BAMF!!! CSV IS PARSED IN LESS THAN ONE SECOND! GUARANTEED!*
also: BAMFCSV.parse "csv,string,of,awesome"
AND! both #parse and #read take an optional :headers => true to generate a table!
irb(1.9.2): table = BAMFCSV.parse <<EOF, headers: true ?> foo,bar ?> 1,2 ?> 3,4 ?> EOF ==========> #BAMFCSV::Table irb(1.9.2): table.first ==========> "1" irb(1.9.2): table["bar"] ==========> "4"
DOUBLE-AND/ALSO it supports custom field separators!!
irb(1.9.2): BAMFCSV.parse(<<EOF, separator: '|') ?> foo|bar ?> baz|quux ?> EOF ==========> [["foo", "bar"], ["baz", "quux"]]
(*) Results may vary.