relocate count_header code to more appropriate file

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/parse_csv.c b/parse_csv.c
index 12e98f3..423fe77 100644
--- a/parse_csv.c
+++ b/parse_csv.c
@@ -168,17 +168,42 @@ vector<vector<datum> > readCSV(istream &in) {
   return table;
 }
 
+// Scan the data array,
+// looking for records that look like headers
+// (as opposed to numerical data).
+template<class datum = qstring>
+int count_header(vector<vector<datum> > const aoa){
+  int NR = aoa.size();
+  int hh = 0;
+  for (; hh < NR; hh++) {
+    if (aoa[hh].size() == 0) continue;
+    string word = aoa[hh][0];
+    size_t where;
+    where = word.find_first_not_of(" ");
+    if (where == string::npos) continue;
+    word = word.substr(where);
+    try {
+      stod(word, &where);       // don't care about return value
+    }
+    catch (exception& ee) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    word = word.substr(where);
+    where = word.find_first_not_of(" ");
+    if (where == string::npos) break;
+  }
+  return hh;
+}
+
 // Explicit instantiation for the <qstring> version.
 // If you want some other version, you'll have to instantiate it.
 template vector<qstring> readCSVRow<qstring>(istream& input);
 template vector<vector<qstring> >readCSV<qstring>(istream &in);
-// Apparently it's not necessary to mention get_q() here,
-// but probably more portable to do it anyway:
-////template int get_q<qstring>(qstring const&);
+template int count_header(vector<vector<qstring> > const aoa);
 
 #if 1
 // Explicit instantiation for the <string> version.
 template vector<string> readCSVRow<string>(istream& input);
 template vector<vector<string> >readCSV<string>(istream &in);
-/////template int get_q<string>(string const&);
+template int count_header(vector<vector<string> > const aoa);
 #endif