Reader (Options) in Go

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This example shows how csv.Reader can be configured to handle other types of CSV files.

Go
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package main

import (
	"encoding/csv"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	in := `first_name;last_name;username
"Rob";"Pike";rob
# lines beginning with a # character are ignored
Ken;Thompson;ken
"Robert";"Griesemer";"gri"
`
	r := csv.NewReader(strings.NewReader(in))
	r.Comma = ';'
	r.Comment = '#'

	records, err := r.ReadAll()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Print(records)
}