====== Option +quote_char+ Specifies the character (\String of length 1) used used to quote fields in both parsing and generating. This String will be transcoded into the data's \Encoding before use. Default value: CSV::DEFAULT_OPTIONS.fetch(:quote_char) # => "\"" (double quote) This is useful for an application that incorrectly uses ' (single-quote) to quote fields, instead of the correct " (double-quote). Using the default (double quote): str = CSV.generate do |csv| csv << ['foo', 0] csv << ["'bar'", 1] csv << ['"baz"', 2] end str # => "foo,0\n'bar',1\n\"\"\"baz\"\"\",2\n" ary = CSV.parse(str) ary # => [["foo", "0"], ["'bar'", "1"], ["\"baz\"", "2"]] Using ' (single-quote): quote_char = "'" str = CSV.generate(quote_char: quote_char) do |csv| csv << ['foo', 0] csv << ["'bar'", 1] csv << ['"baz"', 2] end str # => "foo,0\n'''bar''',1\n\"baz\",2\n" ary = CSV.parse(str, quote_char: quote_char) ary # => [["foo", "0"], ["'bar'", "1"], ["\"baz\"", "2"]] --- Raises an exception if the \String length is greater than 1: # Raises ArgumentError (:quote_char has to be nil or a single character String) CSV.new('', quote_char: 'xx') Raises an exception if the value is not a \String: # Raises ArgumentError (:quote_char has to be nil or a single character String) CSV.new('', quote_char: :foo)