A5.u.array.dsvto Method

Syntax

Arguments

arrayarray

The array of data to be converted.

settingsobjectstring

The settings to use when parsing the passed in string. If only the "value" separator needs to be specified a string with that character maybe used.

separatorobjectstring

The specification for what characters are used to separate values and rows. If only the "value" separator needs to be specified a string with that character maybe used.

valuestring

The character to use for delimiting values. The default is ",".

rowstring

The character to use delimiting rows. The default is a new line.

quoteobjectstring

The specification for what character is used to create a quoted value. If only the "value" of the quote character needs to be specified a string with that character maybe used. The "escape" character will be the same as the "value" character.

valuestring

The character to use when creating a quoted value. The default is a quote (").

escapestringboolean

The character to use for escaping the quote character by placing the escape character before the quote character. The default is a quote (").

convertobject

Rules for converting values in the passed in data to specific variable types.

numberstringboolean

An optional format to use when outputting numbers. See Number.toFormat.

nullsstringboolean

The value to use for a null value in the data.

booleansobjectboolean

If an object is passed in, then the conversion of booleans will use the specified strings for true and false values.

truthystring

The string to use in the output data for a true value.

falseystring

The string to use in the output data for a false value.

arrayarray

The resulting data array.

Description

Convert an array of data into string of delimiter-separated values.

Discussion

The A5.u.array.dsv.to method can convert an array of data to one of the many delimiter-separated values formats. The names of columns in the data will always be assumed to be the first row of text.