BAMFCSV -- Parsin' CSVs like a BAMF!
$ gem install bamfcsv
$ irb -rbamfcsv
irb> BAMFCSV.read "super_giant.csv"
===> ...large array of arrays...
BAMF!!! CSV IS PARSED IN LESS THAN ONE SECOND! GUARANTEED!*
also:
BAMFCSV.parse "csv,string,of,awesome"
AND! both #parse and #read take an optional :headers => true to generate a table!
irb(1.9.2): table = BAMFCSV.parse <<EOF, headers: true
?> foo,bar
?> 1,2
?> 3,4
?> EOF
==========> #<BAMFCSV::Table>
irb(1.9.2): table.first["foo"]
==========> "1"
irb(1.9.2): table[1]["bar"]
==========> "4"
DOUBLE-AND/ALSO it supports custom field separators!!
irb(1.9.2): BAMFCSV.parse(<<EOF, separator: '|')
?> foo|bar
?> baz|quux
?> EOF
==========> [["foo", "bar"], ["baz", "quux"]]
(*) Results may vary.