counting the amount of items in a csv

[Sarah Reichelt]

> I am interested in counting the amount of items in the first line of a 
> csv.
>
> How would I do this?
>
set the itemDelimiter to comma  -- which it already is unless you 
changed it earlier in the same handler
get the number of items in line 1 of myCSV

This will work unless there are commas inside quotes somewhere inside 
the line. If there are, check the archives for a discussion not long 
ago about parsing CSVs.

Cheers,
Sarah