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

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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-1223:
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GitHub user jkirsch opened a pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/incubator-flink/pull/187

    [FLINK-1223] Allow value escaping in CSV files.

    Strings can now contain " quoted characters
    Skip trailing whitespace after quote

You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running:

    $ git pull https://github.com/jkirsch/incubator-flink csv

Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at:

    https://github.com/apache/incubator-flink/pull/187.patch

To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch
with (at least) the following in the commit message:

    This closes #187
    
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commit 1c03d901b47c8a7147fc5ed17ca36f5b1791af99
Author: Johannes <jk...@gmail.com>
Date:   2014-11-06T19:19:56Z

    [FLINK-1223] Allow value escaping in CSV files.
    
    Strings can now contain " quoted characters
    Skip trailing whitespace after quote

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> Allow value escaping in CSV files
> ---------------------------------
>
>                 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
>            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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