wireservice / wireservice/csvkit
csvcut/csvgrep: Allow for numeric column names and column names containing hyphen (`--column-names`, `--column-indexes`)
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Description
I have data with a column names like
pre-k,k,01,02,03,04,05
where the numbers refer to grades. I can't select the 3rd grade column using csvcut
csvcut -c "k,03" returns the kindergarten row and the 2nd grade row (the fourth column)
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in csvcut with the header pre-k,k,01,02,03,04,05 and -c "k,03", then trace how csvcut and csvgrep process --column-names and --column-indexes. Done means numeric and hyphen-containing column names select the intended columns without breaking existing selection behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli, data
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- 38/100