JavaScript function that converts a comma-separated value (CSV) string, into a 2D array of objects. The first row of the string is used as the title row.
/**
* CSVToJSON
*
* Converts a comma-separated values (CSV) string to a 2D array of objects. The
* first row of the string is used as the title row.
*
* Use `Array.prototype.slice()` and `Array.prototype.indexOf('\n')` and
* `String.prototype.split(delimiter)` to separate the first row (title row)
* into values. Use `String.prototype.split('\n')` to create a string for each
* row, then `Array.prototype.map()` and `String.prototype.split(delimiter)` to
* separate the values in each row. Use `Array.prototype.reduce()` to create an
* object for each row's values, with the keys parsed from the title row. Omit
* the second argument, `delimiter`, to use a default delimiter of `,`.
*
* @param {String} data
* @param {String} delimiter
* @return {Object}
*/
const CSVToJSON = (data, delimiter = ",") => {
const titles = data.slice(0, data.indexOf("\n")).split(delimiter);
return data
.slice(data.indexOf("\n") + 1)
.split("\n")
.map(v => {
const values = v.split(delimiter);
return titles.reduce(
(obj, title, index) => ((obj[title] = values[index]), obj),
{}
);
});
};
//
// Compiled (ES2015)
var CSVToJSON = function CSVToJSON(data) {
var delimiter = arguments.length > 1 && arguments[1] !== undefined ? arguments[1] : ",";
var titles = data.slice(0, data.indexOf("\n")).split(delimiter);
return data
.slice(data.indexOf("\n") + 1)
.split("\n")
.map(function(v) {
var values = v.split(delimiter);
return titles.reduce(function(obj, title, index) {
return (obj[title] = values[index]), obj;
}, {});
});
};
// --------------------------------------------------
// Example Usage
// --------------------------------------------------
CSVToJSON("col1,col2\na,b\nc,d"); // [{'col1': 'a', 'col2': 'b'}, {'col1': 'c', 'col2': 'd'}];
CSVToJSON("col1;col2\na;b\nc;d", ";"); // [{'col1': 'a', 'col2': 'b'}, {'col1': 'c', 'col2': 'd'}];