Text-CSV-Hashify
    Turn a CSV file into a Perl hash

  Description
    The Comma-Separated-Value ('CSV') format is the most common way to
    store spreadsheets or the output of relational database queries in
    plain-text format. However, since commas (or other designated
    field-separator characters) may be embedded within data entries, the
    parsing of delimited records is non-trivial. Fortunately, in Perl
    this parsing is well handled by CPAN distribution Text::CSV
    <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-CSV/>. This permits us to address
    more specific data manipulation problems by building modules on top
    of Text::CSV.

    Text::CSV::Hashify is designed for the case where you simply want to
    turn a CSV file into a Perl hash. In particular, it is designed for
    the case where:

    *   the CSV file's first record is a list of fields in the ancestral
        database table; and

    *   one field (column) functions as a primary key, *i.e.,* each
        record's entry in that field is non-null and is distinct from
        every other record's entry therein.

    Text::CSV::Hashify turns that kind of CSV file into one big hash of
    hashes.

    Text::CSV::Hashify can handle less typical cases; please consult the
    documentation for its other functionalities. Text::CSV::Hashify can
    now take gzip-compressed (.gz) files as input as well as
    uncompressed files.

  Installation
    To install:

        perl Makefile.PL
        make
        make test
        make install

    If you are on a windows box you should use 'nmake' rather than
    'make'.


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