fix: missing output when iterating over the rows

Author: rsdoiel

INSTALL.html

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ var (
 
 {app_name} is a tool that converts a JSON list of objects into CSV output.
 
+{app_name} will take JSON expressing a list of objects and turn them into a CSV
+representation. If the object's attributes include other objects or arrays they
+are rendered as YAML in the cell of the csv output.
+
 # OPTIONS
 
 -help
@@ -78,9 +82,28 @@ var (
 
 # EXAMPLES
 
-These would get the file named "my_list.json" and save it as my.csv
+Used by typing into standard in (press Ctrl-d to end your input).
+
+~~~shell
+	{app_name}
+	[
+	  {"one": 1, "two": 2},
+	  {"one": 10, "two": 20},
+    ]
+	^D
+~~~
 
+This should yield the following.
+
+~~~text
+one,two
+1,2
+10,20
 ~~~
+
+These would get the file named "my_list.json" and save it as my.csv
+
+~~~shell
     {app_name} my_list.json > my.csv
 
 	{app_name} my_list.json my.csv

cmd/jsonobjects2csv/jsonobjects2csv.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%codemeta2cff(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 0d7364a
+%codemeta2cff(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 a06e328
 % R. S. Doiel
 % 2024-03-06
 

codemeta2cff.1.md

@@ -241,9 +241,11 @@ func JSONObjectsToCSV(in io.Reader, out io.Writer, eout io.Writer, quiet bool, s
 		}
 	}
 	row := []string{}
+	fmt.Fprintf(eout, "DEBUG object list length %d\n", len(objList))
 	for i, obj := range objList {
 		// clear the row before proceeding.
 		row = []string{}
+		// assemble the row by appending "cells"
 		for j, col_name := range header {
 			if val, ok := obj[col_name]; ok {
 				cell := ""
@@ -275,6 +277,11 @@ func JSONObjectsToCSV(in io.Reader, out io.Writer, eout io.Writer, quiet bool, s
 				row = append(row, "")
 			}
 		}
+		if err = w.Write(row); err != nil {
+			if ! quiet {
+				fmt.Fprintf(eout, "failed to write row %d, %+v\n", len(objList)+1, row)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	if err = w.Write(row); err != nil {
 		if ! quiet {

csv.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%csv2json(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 0d7364a
+%csv2json(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 a06e328
 % R. S. Doiel
 % 2024-03-06
 

csv2json.1.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%csv2mdtable(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 0d7364a
+%csv2mdtable(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 a06e328
 % R. S. Doiel
 % 2024-03-06
 

csv2mdtable.1.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%csv2tab(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 0d7364a
+%csv2tab(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 a06e328
 % R. S. Doiel
 % 2024-03-06
 

csv2tab.1.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%csv2xlsx(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 0d7364a
+%csv2xlsx(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 a06e328
 % R. S. Doiel
 % 2024-03-06
 

csv2xlsx.1.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%csvcleaner(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 0d7364a
+%csvcleaner(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 a06e328
 % R. S. Doiel
 % 2024-03-06
 

csvcleaner.1.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%csvcols(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 0d7364a
+%csvcols(1) user manual | version 1.2.9 a06e328
 % R. S. Doiel
 % 2024-03-06