Comma Separated

Simple CSV serialization

Simple CSV serialization mirroring JSON.parse and stringify. This follows RFC 4180 rules, and only handles commas as delimiters. This is not a general parser for any character-delimited format.

The api is very similar to the native JSON object in JavaScript.

CSV.parse(csvString [, reviver ])

csvString is a well-formated string of csv data. reviver is an optional function that takes the row index, column index, and cell string value. The function should return the desired value for that cell.

The reviver is an opportunity to to do extra parsing from a cell's string format. For example if the string matches an iso date format, you may want to have a Date object instead of the raw string in the final array.

The default reviver simply returns the field's string value.

CSV.stringify(tableArray [, replacer])

tableArray is a 2 dimensional array of values to stringify. replacer is an optional function that takes the row index, column index, and cell string value. The function should return a string value for that cell.

The replacer is an opportunity to do a custom string format for particular cells. This is useful if you have objects for cell values that do not have a desirable toString function.

The default replacer simply converts to a string. (ie: '' + value)