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MetaTrader 5 Script | Simplest CSV file reader

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Use this simplest class to read CSV file with out any preparations and types casting declarations.

Find the shortest usage example below.

string Filename = "filename.csv";    CDKSimplestCSVReader CSVFile; // Create class object    // Read file pass FILE_ANSI for ANSI files or another flag for another codepage.  // Give values separator and flag of 1st line header in the file   if (CSVFile.ReadCSV(Filename, FILE_ANSI, ";", true)) {    PrintFormat("Successfully read %d lines from CSV file with %d columns: %s",                 CSVFile.RowCount(),     // Return data lines count without header                 CSVFile.ColumnCount(),  // Return columns count from 1st line of the file                Filename);        // Print all columns of the file from 1st line    for (int i = 0; i < CSVFile.ColumnCount(); i++) {         PrintFormat("  Column Index=#%d; Name=%s", i, CSVFile.GetColumn(i));    }                             // Print values from all rows    for (int i = 0; i < CSVFile.RowCount(); i++) {      PrintFormat("Row %d: Value by column name: CSVFile.GetValue(i, ""Time"")=%s", i, CSVFile.GetValue(i, "Time")); // Get value from i line by column name      PrintFormat("Row %d: Value by column index: CSVFile.GetValue(i, 0)=%s", i, CSVFile.GetValue(i, 0));            // Get value from i line by column index    }      }   else    PrintFormat("Error reading CSV file or file has no any rows: %s", Filename);   
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