.. index:: single: csv(Header,Separator,IgnoreQuotes,Comments) .. _csv/4:

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csv(Header,Separator,IgnoreQuotes,Comments)

• Header - Header handling option with possible values missing, skip, and keep (default).
• Separator - Separator handling option with possible values comma (default for non .tsv and non .tab files or when no file name extension is available), tab (default for .tsv and .tab files), semicolon, and colon.
• IgnoreQuotes - Double-quotes handling option to ignore (true) or preserve (false; default) double quotes surrounding data.
• Comments - Comment handling option with possible values true and false (default). When true, lines starting with # are skipped when reading CSV files and streams. CSV file and stream reading and writing predicates.

  | Availability: | logtalk_load(csv(loader))

  | Author: Jacinto Dávila and Paulo Moura | Version: 2:2:0 | Date: 2026-02-25

  | Compilation flags: | static, context_switching_calls

  | Implements: | public :ref:`csv_protocol <csv_protocol/0>` | Uses: | :ref:`list <list/0>` | :ref:`logtalk <logtalk/0>` | :ref:`os <os/0>` | :ref:`reader <reader/0>` | :ref:`type <type/0>`

  | Remarks: | (none)

  | Inherited public predicates: |  :ref:`csv_protocol/0::guess_arity/2`  :ref:`csv_protocol/0::guess_separator/2`  :ref:`csv_protocol/0::read_file/2`  :ref:`csv_protocol/0::read_file/3`  :ref:`csv_protocol/0::read_file_by_line/2`  :ref:`csv_protocol/0::read_file_by_line/3`  :ref:`csv_protocol/0::read_stream/2`  :ref:`csv_protocol/0::read_stream/3`  :ref:`csv_protocol/0::read_stream_by_line/2`  :ref:`csv_protocol/0::read_stream_by_line/3`  :ref:`csv_protocol/0::write_file/3`  :ref:`csv_protocol/0::write_stream/3`  

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