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403 PointsHow to parse a CSV file?
I have data set which is in CSV format, how can I decode that?
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsCSV stands for "comma-separated values", so unless some of the fields contain commas, you can easily convert a line of data into an array with "dataString.split(',');
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Fields that contain commas in the data will be enclosed in some way, often with quote marks. Decoding that would be a bit more involved but hopefully you won't have that issue.
Nick Coffey
1,657 PointsI found this project: https://github.com/vanillaes/csv
Could that be used for parsing CSV files to JSON?
Say files from here: https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19/tree/master/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_daily_reports