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30-seconds-of-code/snippets/CSVToArray.md
Mathias Bynens 8ee50178f3 Avoid confusing prototype methods for static methods
Correct: `Array.from()` (it’s a static method)
Incorrect: `Array.join()` (doesn’t exist; it’s a prototype method)

This patch uses the common `#` syntax to denote `.prototype.`.
2018-09-28 15:44:12 -04:00

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CSVToArray

Converts a comma-separated values (CSV) string to a 2D array.

Use Array.prototype.slice() and Array.prototype.indexOf('\n') to remove the first row (title row) if omitFirstRow is true. Use String.prototype.split('\n') to create a string for each row, then String.prototype.split(delimiter) to separate the values in each row. Omit the second argument, delimiter, to use a default delimiter of ,. Omit the third argument, omitFirstRow, to include the first row (title row) of the CSV string.

const CSVToArray = (data, delimiter = ',', omitFirstRow = false) =>
  data
    .slice(omitFirstRow ? data.indexOf('\n') + 1 : 0)
    .split('\n')
    .map(v => v.split(delimiter));
CSVToArray('a,b\nc,d'); // [['a','b'],['c','d']];
CSVToArray('a;b\nc;d', ';'); // [['a','b'],['c','d']];
CSVToArray('col1,col2\na,b\nc,d', ',', true); // [['a','b'],['c','d']];