csv2hpp

This utility converts databases from CSV file format into C/C++ header files. Afterward, include them in your software projects and immediately work on structured, well-formed datasets (and skip CSV file delivering, loading, parsing, converting, etc.).

👣 Steps

1. Export your database in CSV file format, e.g. to: database.csv
2. Edit the CSV file and just add datatype hints to the header line, e.g.: Name (string), Age (int), Weight (_kg)
3. Convert by executing: csv2hpp database.csv name_of_object > headerfile.hpp.
4. Add the header file and #include "headerfile.hpp" to your project and immediately start developing.

💡 Hints

• Datatype hints are mapped to C/C++ datatypes as follows: (string) -> const char*, (int) -> int, (long) -> long, (float) -> float, (double) -> double, (byte) -> unsigned char, (bool) -> bool, (skip) skips the entire column, (_km) -> SI:length and so on.
• Empty CSV cells are mapped to "" for strings and to 00 for everything else (as a hint).
• Trailing '0's for float and double values are removed (more compact).
• Precision hints (e.g. '±05') are removed for float and double values.
• Supports very large .CSV files by using 'const char*' instead of 'std::string' (breaks some compilers) and by omitting whitespaces.

🎉 Example

Using planets.csv and executing: csv2hpp planets.csv planet > planets.hpp results in the header file: planets.hpp.

🤝 Contributing

• Contributions, suggestions, and improvements are welcome!
• Open an Issue if you encounter bugs or have feature ideas.
• Create a Pull Request if you'd like to improve something.

📜 License & Copyright

This open source project is licensed under the CC0-1.0 license. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.