JS functions: convert object to csv, convert csv to object

web/csv.js

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+// CSV to JS object
+function csvToObject(csvData) {
+  const rows = csvData.split('\n');
+  const headers = rows[0].split(',');
+  const dataArray = [];
+
+  for (let i = 1; i < rows.length; i++) {
+    const values = rows[i].trim().split(','); // trim to remove linebreak
+    if (rows[i] != '') {
+        //don't treat empty lines
+        const obj = {};
+        for (let j = 0; j < headers.length; j++) {
+            obj[headers[j]] = values[j];
+        }
+        dataArray.push(obj);
+    }
+  }
+  return dataArray;
+}
+
+
+// JS object to CSV
+function objectToCsv(objArray) {
+  const array = typeof objArray !== 'object' ? JSON.parse(objArray) : objArray;
+  let csv = '';
+  // field names in first line
+  const fields = Object.keys(array[0]);
+  csv += fields.join(',') + '\r\n'; // \r\n for cross platform compatibility
+  // data rows
+  for (let i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
+    let line = '';
+    for (let index in array[i]) {
+      if (line !== '') line += ',';
+      line += array[i][index];
+    }
+    csv += line + '\r\n';
+  }
+  return csv;
+}