Namespace CSV

Defined in: ucsv-1.1.0.js.

Namespace Summary
Constructor Attributes	Constructor Name and Description
	CSV Namespace for CSV functions

Method Summary
Method Attributes	Method Name and Description
<inner>	arrayToCsv(a) Converts an array into a Comma Separated Values list.
<inner>	csvToArray(s, trm) Converts a Comma Separated Values string into an array of arrays.

Namespace Detail

CSV

Namespace for CSV functions

Method Detail

<inner> {string} arrayToCsv(a)

Converts an array into a Comma Separated Values list. Each item in the array should be an array that represents one line in the CSV. Nulls are interpreted as empty fields.

var csvArray = [
['Leno, Jay', 10],
['Conan "Conando" O\'Brien', '11:35' ],
['Fallon, Jimmy', '12:35' ]
];
CSV.arrayToCsv(csvArray);
// Outputs a string containing:
// "Leno, Jay",10
// "Conan ""Conando"" O'Brien",11:35
// "Fallon, Jimmy",12:35

Parameters:
{String} a: The array to convert

Returns:: A CSV representation of the provided array.

<inner> {Array} csvToArray(s, trm)

Converts a Comma Separated Values string into an array of arrays. Each line in the CSV becomes an array. Empty fields are converted to nulls and non-quoted numbers are converted to integers or floats.

var csv = '"Leno, Jay",10' + "\n" +
'"Conan ""Conando"" O\'Brien",11:35' + "\n" +
'"Fallon, Jimmy",12:35' + "\n";

var array = CSV.csvToArray(csv);

// array is now
// [
// ['Leno, Jay', 10],
// ['Conan "Conando" O\'Brien', '11:35' ],
// ['Fallon, Jimmy', '12:35' ]
// ];

Parameters:
{String} s: The string to convert
{Boolean} trm Optional, Default: false: If set to True leading and trailing whitespace is stripped off of each non-quoted field as it is imported

Returns:: The CSV parsed as an array

Classes

Namespace CSV