csv-array
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Intelligent CSV parser created and made for nodeJS. Which takes a csv file and produce an array from it.
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#csv-array
> Simple. lighweight, intelligent CSV-parser for nodeJS
## Dependencies
This package got only one dependencies of "line-by-line".
## Change log
* Dramatic improvement in speed.. Please forget version 0.0.1x
## Usage Guide
### Installing
The installation is just a command
```
npm install csv-array
```
After installing the package you can use the "parseCSV" method as follows
```
parseCSV("CSV-file-name.csv", callBack, considerFirstRowAsHeading)
/*
Where callBack is the method which have the output array as argument, and you can do
anything you like inside the function with the array
"considerFirstRowAsHeading" is a configuration variable which holds "true" value
by default. If it is true or nothing then the first row of the csv data will be considered
as heading and the out put data will use the first row's content as attribute names.
If it is "false" then all of the rows of the file will be returned as array.
See example below.
*/
```
### Example
test.csv file contains
```
Question Statement,Option 1,Option 2,Option 3,Option 4,Option 5,Answer,Deficulty,Category
this is a test question answer it?,answer 1,answer 2,answer3,answer 4,,answer 2,3,test
this is another test question answer it?,"answer1,answer2","answer2,answer3","answer4,answer5","answer5,answer6","answer7,answer8","answer1,answer2",2,test
```
```javascript
var csv = require('csv-array');
csv.parseCSV("test.csv", function(data){
console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
});
```
Output
```json
[
{
"Question Statement":"this is a test question answer it?",
"Option 1":"answer 1",
"Option 2":"answer 2",
"Option 3":"answer3",
"Option 4":"answer 4",
"Option 5":"",
"Answer":"answer 2",
"Deficulty":"3",
"Category":"test"
},
{
"Question Statement":"this is another test question answer it?",
"Option 1":"answer1,answer2",
"Option 2":"answer2,answer3",
"Option 3":"answer4,answer5",
"Option 4":"answer5,answer6",
"Option 5":"answer7,answer8",
"Answer":"answer1,answer2",
"Deficulty":"2",
"Category":"test"
}
]
```
```javascript
var csv = require('csv-array');
csv.parseCSV("test.csv", function(data){
console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
}, false);
```
Output
```json
[
[
"Question Statement",
"Option 1",
"Option 2",
"Option 3",
"Option 4",
"Option 5",
"Answer",
"Deficulty",
"Category"
],
[
"this is a test question answer it?",
"answer 1",
"answer 2",
"answer3",
"answer 4",
"",
"answer 2",
"3",
"test"
],
[
"this is another test question answer it?",
"answer1,answer2",
"answer2,answer3",
"answer4,answer5",
"answer5,answer6",
"answer7,answer8",
"answer1,answer2",
"2",
"test"
]
]
```
```javascript
var csv = require('csv-array');
csv.parseCSV("test.csv", function(data){
console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
}, true);
/*
The output will be as same as
var csv = require('csv-array');
csv.parseCSV("test.csv", function(data){
console.log(JSON.stringify(data));
});
*/
```
Output
```json
[
{
"Question Statement":"this is a test question answer it?",
"Option 1":"answer 1",
"Option 2":"answer 2",
"Option 3":"answer3",
"Option 4":"answer 4",
"Option 5":"",
"Answer":"answer 2",
"Deficulty":"3",
"Category":"test"
},
{
"Question Statement":"this is another test question answer it?",
"Option 1":"answer1,answer2",
"Option 2":"answer2,answer3",
"Option 3":"answer4,answer5",
"Option 4":"answer5,answer6",
"Option 5":"answer7,answer8",
"Answer":"answer1,answer2",
"Deficulty":"2",
"Category":"test"
}
]
```
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