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[jira] [Updated] (FLINK-1223) Allow value escaping in CSV files

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-1223?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Robert Metzger updated FLINK-1223:
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    Assignee: Johannes

> Allow value escaping in CSV files
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>
>                 Key: FLINK-1223
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-1223
>             Project: Flink
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Java API, Scala API
>    Affects Versions: 0.8-incubating
>            Reporter: Johannes
>            Assignee: Johannes
>            Priority: Minor
>
> The CSV Parser currently does not interpret escaped values
> The example from here
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values#Example
> {code}
> Year,Make,Model,Description,Price
> 1997,Ford,E350,"ac, abs, moon",3000.00
> 1999,Chevy,"Venture ""Extended Edition""","",4900.00
> {code}
> Does not work currently.
> Here escaping inside the string field generates an error.
> For reference 
> An interesting post about the fallacies that could be encountered when parsing CSV files.
> [http://tburette.github.io/blog/2014/05/25/so-you-want-to-write-your-own-CSV-code/]



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