CSV4AS3 is a CSV library for Actionscript that has been ported from Apache Commons CSV

Advantages of this library include:

• Ability to parse incrementally without the need to read entire file into memory
• Support for custom CSV format settings
• Support for handling escapes and comments
• Includes a CSV printer
• Supports UTF8 compatible text formats

Getting Started - Parsing a CSV File

Step 1: Create and open a IDataInput object such as a FileStream

var file:File = new File("C:\\Users\\userdir\\test.csv");
var input:FileStream = new FileStream();
input.open(file, FileMode.READ);

Step 2: Create and Configure A CSVParser:

// in this case the CSV file has a header
var parser:CSVParser = new CSVParser(input, CSVFormat.buildDefaultWithHeader());
var headerMap:Object = parser.getHeaderMap(); 

Step 3: Iterate over the records

var record:CSVRecord;
while(parser.hasNext())
{
  record = parser.next();

  for (var columnName:String in headerMap)
  {
    trace(columnName + ": " + record.getValueByName(columnName));
  }
}

Alternatively parser.getRecords() will return an Array of CSVRecords of all the remaining rows in the file without needing to iterate.

Step 4: Close the input source

input.close();