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Comparing version 0.0.18 to 0.0.19

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csv-array.js
module.exports = {
maxSizeForDirectRead : 100,
parseCSV : function(fileName, callBack) {
parseCSV : function(fileName, callBack, considerFirstRowAsHeading) {
if(typeof considerFirstRowAsHeading == "undefined") {
considerFirstRowAsHeading = true;
}
var presentInstance = this;

@@ -8,3 +11,3 @@ var fs = require('fs');

if(exists) {
presentInstance.parseFile(fileName, callBack);
presentInstance.parseFile(fileName, callBack, considerFirstRowAsHeading);
} else {

@@ -21,7 +24,8 @@ console.log("The provided file " + fileName + " doesn't exists or inaccessible");

var lineLength = line.length;
for(var index=0; index<lineLength; index++) {
var index=0;
while(index<lineLength) {
if(line[index]=='"') {
var index2=index+1;
var index2 = index+1;
while(line[index2]!='"') {
tempString += line[index2];
tempString+=line[index2];
index2++;

@@ -31,14 +35,21 @@ }

tempString = "";
index = index2 + 1;
}else if(line[index] != ",") {
index = index2+2;
continue;
}
if(line[index]!=",") {
tempString += line[index];
} else {
index++; continue;
}
if(line[index]==",") {
dataArray.push(tempString);
tempString = "";
index++;continue;
}
}
dataArray.push(tempString);
return dataArray;
},
parseFile : function(fileName, callBack) {
parseFile : function(fileName, callBack, considerFirstRowAsHeading) {
var presentObject = module.exports;

@@ -61,12 +72,13 @@ var lblReader = require('line-by-line');

tempAttributeNameArray = line.split(",");
if(tempAttributeNameArray.length == 1) {
tempDataArray.push(line);
if(!considerFirstRowAsHeading) {
if(tempAttributeNameArray.length == 1) {
tempDataArray.push(line);
} else {
tempDataArray.push(tempAttributeNameArray);
}
}
tempLineCounter = 1;
} else {
if(tempAttributeNameArray.length == 1) {
tempDataArray.push(line);
} else {
tempDataArray.push(presentObject.buildOutputData(tempAttributeNameArray, line));
}
tempDataArray.push(presentObject.buildOutputData(tempAttributeNameArray, line, considerFirstRowAsHeading));
}

@@ -86,6 +98,12 @@ readStream.resume();

buildOutputData : function(tempAttributeNameArray, line) {
buildOutputData : function(tempAttributeNameArray, line, considerFirstRowAsHeading) {
var presentObject = module.exports;
var dataArray = presentObject.getDataFromLine(line);
var dataArray = presentObject.getDataFromLine(line);
if(!considerFirstRowAsHeading) {
if(tempAttributeNameArray.length == 1) {
return dataArray[0];
} else {
return dataArray;
}
} else {
var tempObject = {};

@@ -97,6 +115,5 @@ var tempAttributeNameArrayLength = tempAttributeNameArray.length;

return tempObject;
}
}
}
{
"name": "csv-array",
"version": "0.0.18",
"version": "0.0.19",
"description": "Intelligent CSV parser created and made for nodeJS. Which takes a csv file and produce an array from it.",

@@ -5,0 +5,0 @@ "main": "csv-array.js",

@@ -8,13 +8,9 @@ #csv-array

## Change log
* Performence improvement
* Removed dependency of fs
* Streaming improvement by adding a tiny delay, it will increase execution time but also increase stability
* Bug fix of parsing
* Fixed a bug in file containg single coloumn
* Empty string if null
* Reduced number of variables used
* Added option to "considerFirstRowAsHeading". See Usage Guide for details about using
* Bug fix in data parsing
* Truncation of data problem solved
## Usage Guide
### Installing

@@ -30,8 +26,24 @@

```
parseCSV("CSV-file-name.csv", callBack)
//where callBack is a function having the argument data
//which is an array structure of the CSV file
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

@@ -43,11 +55,90 @@ var csv = require('csv-array');

```
If the test.csv file contains something like this
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"
}
]
```
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));
}, 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"
]
]
```
Then the resulting data is as follows
```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

@@ -63,3 +154,4 @@ [

"Answer":"answer 2",
"Deficulty":"3"
"Deficulty":"3",
"Category":"test"
},

@@ -74,5 +166,6 @@ {

"Answer":"answer1,answer2",
"Deficulty":"2"
"Deficulty":"2",
"Category":"test"
}
]
```
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