Hi Joachim, nil fields normally write as 'empty quoted fields':
String streamContents: [ :out | (NeoCSVWriter on: out) nextPut: #(nil nil nil) ]. => '"","",""' Is this not what you want/need ? Sven > On 22 Dec 2017, at 15:05, jtuc...@objektfabrik.de wrote: > > Hi, > > I need to write a number of empty quoted fields in a CSV export. The > receiving application will complain about missing quotes for empty text > fields... (don't ask, I've done all the eye rolling for you already) > > My frst attempt was: > > writer addConstantField: '""'. > > > But this doesn't write the quotes - I really don't see why, but it's the case. > > Also, adding > > writer addObjectField: [:a| '""']. > > > doesn't really work, because it will literally add the double quotes between > single quotes... (???) > > > > Do I really have to implement some method that returns an empty String on my > business objects and use: > > writer addQuotedField: #justAnEmptyString. ? > > Am I missing some switch to enable quotes for empty quoted fields? > > My version of NeoCSVWriter on VA Smalltalk is not actually a current one... > > > > Joachim > > And, btw: Happy Holidays to all of you and a Happy new Year! > > > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Objektfabrik Joachim Tuchel mailto:jtuc...@objektfabrik.de > Fliederweg 1 http://www.objektfabrik.de > D-71640 Ludwigsburg http://joachimtuchel.wordpress.com > Telefon: +49 7141 56 10 86 0 Fax: +49 7141 56 10 86 1 > >
