yet another CSV xQuery Library module

The csv xQuery library provides functions turn a CSV file into an array of arrays. You can visualise the array of arrays as being like a spreadsheet. We have multiple records where each record is in a row and each record contains fields in field column.

Use Case

I intend to use this library for handling downloaded CSV financial statements.

Basics

Start some CSV properties, in the form of a key-value map. Then this map to create an array of arrays

 let $map := map { 
    'href' : '/db/unit-tests/fixtures/2018-12.csv', 
    'header-line': 6,
    'record-start': 8,
    'separator': ','
    } 
 return
 $map => csv:lines() => csv:toArray($map)

Convenience Functions

The lib provides a simple mapping of the CSV header line to the fields index integer So if we have a header named 'amount' we can 'sum' the amount field column. e.g.

 let $lines :=  $map => csv:lines()
 let $field := $lines => csv:mapFields($map)
 let $records := $lines => csv:toArray($map)
 let $sumAmount := string(sum( $records?*?($field('amount')) ! number(.)))

The library also provides some formating alignment functions so when rendering on a terminal all the field columns will be lined up.

let $lines :=  $map => csv:lines()
let $field := $lines => csv:mapFields($map)
let $records := $lines => csv:toArray($map)
let $width := $records => csv:colWidth($field) 
return ( 
for $record in $records?*
  let $date :=   csv:pad($record?($field('date')), $width('date') )
  let $payee  := csv:pad($record?($field('payee')), $width('payee') )
  let $amount := csv:pad($record?($field('amount')), $width('amount') )
  return (
  string-join(($date,$payee,$amount,$nl),'	')
  )

The following asciicast showcases the above mentioned field column alignment and performing a sum calculation on the field column. The CSV data comes from a downloaded monthly statement and is found in the unit-tests/fixtures folder