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| 1 | +/** |
| 2 | + * example shows how to parse a raw CSV string to a javascript object. |
| 3 | + * no idea what CSV is? then have a read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values |
| 4 | + */ |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +// @includepath "~/Documents/;%USERPROFILE%Documents"; |
| 7 | +// @include "basiljs/basil.js"; |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +// to load an external csv file use |
| 10 | +// var jsonString = b.loadString("path/to/file.csv") |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +var csvString = ""; |
| 13 | +csvString += "firstName,lastName,middleInitial,firstNameFirst,lastNameFirst\n"; |
| 14 | +csvString += "Kristina,Chung,H,Kristina H. Chung,\"Chung, Kristina H.\"\n"; |
| 15 | +csvString += "Paige,Chen,H,Paige H. Chen,\"Chen, Paige H.\"\n"; |
| 16 | +csvString += "Sherri,Melton,E,Sherri E. Melton,\"Melton, Sherri E.\"\n"; |
| 17 | +csvString += "Gretchen,Hill,I,Gretchen I. Hill,\"Hill, Gretchen I.\"\n"; |
| 18 | +csvString += "Karen,Puckett,U,Karen U. Puckett,\"Puckett, Karen U.\"\n"; |
| 19 | +csvString += "Patrick,Song,O,Patrick O. Song,\"Song, Patrick O.\"\n"; |
| 20 | +csvString += "Elsie,Hamilton,A,Elsie A. Hamilton,\"Hamilton, Elsie A.\"\n"; |
| 21 | +csvString += "Hazel,Bender,E,Hazel E. Bender,\"Bender, Hazel E.\"\n"; |
| 22 | +csvString += "Malcolm,Wagner,A,Malcolm A. Wagner,\"Wagner, Malcolm A.\"\n"; |
| 23 | +csvString += "Dolores,McLaughlin,C,Dolores C. McLaughlin,\"McLaughlin, Dolores C.\"\n"; |
| 24 | +csvString += "Francis,McNamara,C,Francis C. McNamara,\"McNamara, Francis C.\"\n"; |
| 25 | +csvString += "Sandy,Raynor,A,Sandy A. Raynor,\"Raynor, Sandy A.\"\n"; |
| 26 | +csvString += "Marion,Moon,O,Marion O. Moon,\"Moon, Marion O.\"\n"; |
| 27 | +csvString += "Beth,Woodard,O,Beth O. Woodard,\"Woodard, Beth O.\"\n"; |
| 28 | +csvString += "Julia,Desai,E,Julia E. Desai,\"Desai, Julia E.\"\n"; |
| 29 | +// ... an excerpt of randomNames.csv |
| 30 | +// from http://www.opensourcecf.com/1/2009/05/10000-Random-Names-Database.cfm |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +function setup() { |
| 33 | + b.clear(b.doc()); |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | + // set the delimiter |
| 36 | + // very common for .csv files is ',' (=default) or ';' and for .tsv files '\t' |
| 37 | + // b.CSV.delimiter(',') |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | + // parse CSV |
| 40 | + var csvData = b.CSV.decode(csvString); |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | + // create textframes for "firstNameFirst" column |
| 43 | + for (var i = 0; i < csvData.length; i++) { |
| 44 | + b.text(csvData[i].firstNameFirst, 0, i * 20, b.width, 19); |
| 45 | + } |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | + // convert an array of key value objects to a CSV-string |
| 48 | + b.println(b.CSV.encode(csvData)); |
| 49 | +} |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +b.go(); |
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