Csvsimple \csvautotabular and \csvautobooktabular with centered columns' content

Question

I'm using csvsimple for making tables, and csvautotabular and csvautobooktabular are working great. However, I'd like the content of each column to be centered instead of aligned to the left.

An answer using csvautotabular and/or csvautobooktabular simply adding an option would be preferred, if it's possible.

I tried this, but it returns an error.

\csvautotabular[tabular=c]{grade.csv}

\csvautobooktabular[tabular=c]{grade.csv}

Here's a MWE:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oldfontcommands]{memoir}

\usepackage{csvsimple} % For csv importing.

% csv file from another question
\begin{filecontents*}{grade.csv}
name,givenname,matriculation,gender,grade
Maier,Hans,12345,m,1.0
Huber,Anna,23456,f,2.3
Weisbaeck,Werner,34567,m,5.0
\end{filecontents*}

\begin{document}
\csvautotabular{grade.csv}
\end{document}

And the MWE output.

I want to obtain said output, but with the content of each column centered.

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Note

csvautotabular gave me trouble trying to display special characters, but can be solved using the 'respect all' option.

e.g.

\csvautotabular[respect all]{table.csv}

Or with @egreg's custom command.

\csvautotabularcenter[respect all]{table.csv}

Answer 1

As far as I can see, there's no provision for changing the column alignment in \csvautotabular; you can generate a different command by mimicking what csvsimple does for the stock command:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{memoir}

\usepackage{csvsimple} % For csv importing.

\makeatletter
\csvset{
  autotabularcenter/.style={
    file=#1,
    after head=\csv@pretable\begin{tabular}{|*{\csv@columncount}{c|}}\csv@tablehead,
    table head=\hline\csvlinetotablerow\\\hline,
    late after line=\\,
    table foot=\\\hline,
    late after last line=\csv@tablefoot\end{tabular}\csv@posttable,
    command=\csvlinetotablerow},
}
\makeatother
\newcommand{\csvautotabularcenter}[2][]{\csvloop{autotabularcenter={#2},#1}}

% csv file from another question
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.csv}
name,givenname,matriculation,gender,grade
Maier,Hans,12345,m,1.0
Huber,Anna,23456,f,2.3
Weisbaeck,Werner,34567,m,5.0
\end{filecontents*}

\begin{document}
\csvautotabularcenter{\jobname.csv}
\end{document}

A version with \csvautobooktabularcenter:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oldfontcommands]{memoir}

\usepackage{csvsimple} % For csv importing.

\makeatletter
\csvset{
  autotabularcenter/.style={
    file=#1,
    after head=\csv@pretable\begin{tabular}{|*{\csv@columncount}{c|}}\csv@tablehead,
    table head=\hline\csvlinetotablerow\\\hline,
    late after line=\\,
    table foot=\\\hline,
    late after last line=\csv@tablefoot\end{tabular}\csv@posttable,
    command=\csvlinetotablerow},
  autobooktabularcenter/.style={
    file=#1,
    after head=\csv@pretable\begin{tabular}{*{\csv@columncount}{c}}\csv@tablehead,
    table head=\toprule\csvlinetotablerow\\\midrule,
    late after line=\\,
    table foot=\\\bottomrule,
    late after last line=\csv@tablefoot\end{tabular}\csv@posttable,
    command=\csvlinetotablerow},
}
\makeatother
\newcommand{\csvautotabularcenter}[2][]{\csvloop{autotabularcenter={#2},#1}}
\newcommand{\csvautobooktabularcenter}[2][]{\csvloop{autobooktabularcenter={#2},#1}}

% csv file from another question
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.csv}
name,givenname,matriculation,gender,grade
Maier,Hans,12345,m,1.0
Huber,Anna,23456,f,2.3
Weisbaeck,Werner,34567,m,5.0
\end{filecontents*}

\begin{document}

\csvautotabularcenter{\jobname.csv}

\bigskip

\csvautobooktabularcenter{\jobname.csv}

\end{document}

Answer 2

I found the manual almost incomprehensible for the most part. But it mentions several times that you typically wouldn't use \csvautotabular or \csvautobooktabular in practice.

They suggest using \csvreader. Here is a minimal use case of \csvreader, which may be preferable for other people (as it was for me).

\csvreader[
  tabular=|c|c|r|c|r|,
  table head=\hline \bfseries{Name} & \bfseries{Given Name} & \bfseries{Matriculation} & \bfseries{Gender} & \bfseries{Grade} \\\hline,
  late after last line=\\\hline % horizontal line at the end of the table
]{
  grade.csv
}{}{\csvlinetotablerow}

Pros vs egreg's solution:

• More control over table header and column alignments
• Less overall code for a single table

Cons vs egreg's solution:

• More overall code if you're going to use it for many tables