Completed the implementation of the CsvWriter for use with Copy and Export.

csvwriter.cpp

@@ -1,30 +1,64 @@
 #include "csvwriter.h"
 
 CsvWriter::CsvWriter()
-{
+{}
 
+CsvWriter::CsvWriter(QTextStream *output)
+	: m_output(output)
+{}
+
+void CsvWriter::setDestination(QTextStream *output)
+{
+	m_output = output;
+	m_column = 0;
 }
 
+void CsvWriter::setSeperator(QChar ch)
+{
+	m_seperator = ch;
+}
 
-//int complexField = (strchr(field, csvWriter->delimiter_) || strchr(field, '\n') || strchr(field, '\"')) ? 1 : 0;
+void CsvWriter::setQuote(QChar ch)
+{
+	m_quote = ch;
+}
 
-void CsvWriter::writeField(QString field) {
+void CsvWriter::writeField(QString field)
-	// if field contains any of seperator quote or newline then it needs to be quoted
+{
+	QTextStream &out = *m_output;
+	if (m_column > 0) {
+		out << m_seperator;
+	}
+	// if field contains any of seperator, quote or newline then it needs to be quoted
 	// when quoted quotes need to be doubled to escape them
 	bool needs_quotes = false;
-	int new_len = field.length();
 	for (auto ch : field) {
-		if (ch == m_quote) {
-			++new_len;
-		}
 		if (ch == '\n' || ch == m_seperator || ch == m_quote) {
 			needs_quotes = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
 
-		}
-	}
 	if (needs_quotes) {
-		new_len += 2;
+		out << m_quote;
+		for (auto ch : field) {
+			if (ch == m_quote)
+				out << m_quote;
+			out << ch;
+		}
+		out << m_quote;
+	}
+	else {
+		out << field;
+	}
+	++m_column;
+}
 
 
+void CsvWriter::nextRow()
+{
+	QTextStream &out = *m_output;
+	out << '\n';
+	m_column = 0;
 }
-}
+

csvwriter.h

@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@
 #define CSVWRITER_H
 
 #include <ostream>
-#include <QFileDevice>
+#include <QTextStream>
 
 class CsvWriter {
 public:
 	CsvWriter();
-	void setDestination(QFileDevice *output);
+	explicit CsvWriter(QTextStream *output);
-	void setDestination(QString filename);
+	void setDestination(QTextStream *output);
-
 	void setSeperator(QChar ch);
+	void setQuote(QChar ch);
 	void writeField(QString field);
-	void nextLine();
+	void nextRow();
 private:
 	QChar m_seperator = ',';
-	QChar m_quote = '\'';
+	QChar m_quote = '"';
-
+	QTextStream *m_output = nullptr;
-	QFileDevice *m_output = nullptr;
+	int m_column = 0;
 };
 
 #endif // CSVWRITER_H