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A fast csv library written in pure Lua

$ luarocks install ftcsv

ftcsv is a fast and easy to use csv library for lua. It can read in CSV files,
do some basic transformations (rename fields) and can create the csv format.
It supports UTF-8, header-less CSVs, and maintaining correct line endings for
multi-line fields.

It supports loading an entire CSV file into memory and parsing it as well as
buffered reading of a CSV file.

Versions

1.5.0-11 year ago1,411 downloads
1.4.0-12 years ago1,407 downloads
1.3.0-13 years ago2,395 downloads
1.2.2-13 years ago200 downloads
1.2.1-15 years ago1,654 downloads
1.2.0-16 years ago2,579 downloads
1.1.6-18 years ago613 downloads
1.1.5-18 years ago45 downloads
1.1.4-18 years ago5,985 downloads
1.1.3-19 years ago304 downloads
1.1.2-19 years ago79 downloads
1.1.1-19 years ago82 downloads
1.1.0-110 years ago782 downloads
1.0.3-110 years ago67 downloads
1.0.2-110 years ago90 downloads
1.0.1-110 years ago62 downloads
1.0.0-110 years ago67 downloads

Dependencies

lua >= 5.1

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