Example JavaScript code to parse CSV data

Question

Where could I find some JavaScript code to parse CSV data?

Answer 1

csvToArray v1.3

A compact (645 bytes), but compliant function to convert a CSV string into a 2D array, conforming to the RFC4180 standard.

https://code.google.com/archive/p/csv-to-array/downloads

Common Usage: jQuery

 $.ajax({
        url: "test.csv",
        dataType: 'text',
        cache: false
 }).done(function(csvAsString){
        csvAsArray=csvAsString.csvToArray();
 });

Common usage: JavaScript

csvAsArray = csvAsString.csvToArray();

Override field separator

csvAsArray = csvAsString.csvToArray("|");

Override record separator

csvAsArray = csvAsString.csvToArray("", "#");

Override Skip Header

csvAsArray = csvAsString.csvToArray("", "", 1);

Override all

csvAsArray = csvAsString.csvToArray("|", "#", 1);