Here is a STL-like class
File "csvfile.h"
#pragma once
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
class csvfile;
inline static csvfile& endrow(csvfile& file);
inline static csvfile& flush(csvfile& file);
class csvfile
{
std::ofstream fs_;
const std::string separator_;
public:
csvfile(const std::string filename, const std::string separator = ";")
: fs_()
, separator_(separator)
{
fs_.exceptions(std::ios::failbit | std::ios::badbit);
fs_.open(filename);
}
~csvfile()
{
flush();
fs_.close();
}
void flush()
{
fs_.flush();
}
void endrow()
{
fs_ << std::endl;
}
csvfile& operator << ( csvfile& (* val)(csvfile&))
{
return val(*this);
}
csvfile& operator << (const char * val)
{
fs_ << '"' << val << '"' << separator_;
return *this;
}
csvfile& operator << (const std::string & val)
{
fs_ << '"' << val << '"' << separator_;
return *this;
}
template<typename T>
csvfile& operator << (const T& val)
{
fs_ << val << separator_;
return *this;
}
};
inline static csvfile& endrow(csvfile& file)
{
file.endrow();
return file;
}
inline static csvfile& flush(csvfile& file)
{
file.flush();
return file;
}
File "main.cpp"
#include "csvfile.h"
int main()
{
try
{
csvfile csv("MyTable.csv"); // throws exceptions!
// Header
csv << "X" << "VALUE" << endrow;
// Data
csv << 1 << "String value" << endrow;
csv << 2 << 123 << endrow;
csv << 3 << 1.f << endrow;
csv << 4 << 1.2 << endrow;
}
catch (const std::exception& ex)
{
std::cout << "Exception was thrown: " << e.what() << std::endl;
}
return 0;
}
Latest version here