Ai Modules

====== CSV File Reader ======

^ section | File IO |
^ short description | reads data from an external file |
^ licence level | Miami |
^ ports | String Out [multipurpose/string] -- the output string |
^ ::: | Column Index [control/numeric] -- input the 0-based index of the column to read from |
^ ::: | Row Index [control/numeric] -- input the 0-based index of the row to read from \\ (the very top row is reserved for column headers, hence row #0 reads from the second row of the file |
^ ::: | Numeric Output [control/numeric] -- the output as number (if it can be read as number) |
^ ::: | Source File Name [multipurpose/string] |
^ parameter | Live CSV Update [togglebutton] -- whether to update immediately when the input file changes |
^ ::: | Set File [pushbutton] -- opens a file frowser to select the input file |
^ ::: | File [textarea/readonly] -- shows the selected input filename |
^ ::: | n Columns [input/numeric] -- sets the max. number of columns to read |
^ skins | [Default], Filename Input |

The cells can be separated by commas, or with semi-colons:

<code>
Head column 1, Head column 2
Cell Line 1, 123
Cell Line 2, 456
</code>

==== used in example ====

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===== Manual =====
> Allows a comma separated value file (CSV file) to be read according to user specified column and rows and outputs the value.
> {{:ai:modules:file_io:csv_file_reader.png|}}