Alpha 3

lib/node/index.js

@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ exports.parse = void 0;
  * @returns An array of objects.
  */
 function parse(text) {
-    // convert the csv formatted test into a table of tokens
-    const tokens = text.replace(/^\uFEFF|\r\n$|\n$|\r$/g, '') // trim byte order mark from beginning and trailing EOL if needed
-        .split(/\r?\n(?=(?:(?:[^"]*"){2})*[^"]*$)|\r(?=(?:(?:[^"]*"){2})*[^"]*$)/).map(row => // split text into rows at EOL
-     row.split(/,(?=(?:(?:[^"]*"){2})*[^"]*$)/) // split row into tokens based on comma delimiter (unless in quotes); see answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23582276/split-string-by-comma-but-ignore-commas-inside-quotes/23582323#23582323
-        .map(token => token.replace(/(^"|"$)/g, '') // dequote tokens if needed 
-        .replace(/\"\"/g, '"'))); // replace double double quotes with double quotes
+    // trim byte order mark from beginning and any trailing EOL if present
+    const tokens = text.replace(/^\uFEFF|[\r\n]+$/, '')
+        // split text into rows at EOL
+        .split(/[\r\n]+(?=(?:(?:[^"]*"){2})*[^"]*$)/).map(row => 
+    // split row into tokens based on comma delimiter (unless in quotes); see answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23582276/split-string-by-comma-but-ignore-commas-inside-quotes/23582323#23582323
+    row.split(/,(?=(?:(?:[^"]*"){2})*[^"]*$)/)
+        // dequote tokens if needed 
+        .map(token => token.replace(/(^"|"$)/g, '')
+        // replace double double quotes with double quotes
+        .replace(/\"\"/g, '"')));
     // extract the header row and use for the property names
     const header = tokens.shift();
     // convert subsiquent rows into objects

lib/node/test/index.js

@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 const csv = __importStar(require(".."));
-const data = '\uFEFFa,b,c\r"1",2,3\n4,"5",6\r\n7,"The number eight: ""8""",9\r"a\r\na",b,"c, d"\n12';
+const data = 'a,b,c\r"1",2,3\n4,"5",6\r\n7,"The number eight: ""8""",9\r"a\r\na",b,"c, d"\n12';
 console.log(csv.parse(data));

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@steelbreeze/csv",
-  "version": "1.0.0-alpha.2",
+  "version": "1.0.0-alpha.3",
   "description": "Tools for reading and writnig files formatted as CSV",
   "main": "lib/node/index.js",
   "module": "lib/node/index.js",

src/index.ts

@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
  * @returns An array of objects.
  */
 export function parse(text: string): Array<any> {
-	// convert the csv formatted test into a table of tokens
-	const tokens = text.replace(/^\uFEFF|\r\n$|\n$|\r$/g, '')	// trim byte order mark from beginning and trailing EOL if needed
-		.split(/\r?\n(?=(?:(?:[^"]*"){2})*[^"]*$)|\r(?=(?:(?:[^"]*"){2})*[^"]*$)/).map(row =>							// split text into rows at EOL
-			row.split(/,(?=(?:(?:[^"]*"){2})*[^"]*$)/)			// split row into tokens based on comma delimiter (unless in quotes); see answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23582276/split-string-by-comma-but-ignore-commas-inside-quotes/23582323#23582323
-				.map(token => token.replace(/(^"|"$)/g, '')		// dequote tokens if needed 
-					.replace(/\"\"/g, '"')));					// replace double double quotes with double quotes
+	// trim byte order mark from beginning and any trailing EOL if present
+	const tokens = text.replace(/^\uFEFF|[\r\n]+$/, '')
+		// split text into rows at EOL (unless in quotes)
+		.split(/\r?\n(?=(?:(?:[^"]*"){2})*[^"]*$)|\r(?=(?:(?:[^"]*"){2})*[^"]*$)/).map(row =>
+			// split row into tokens based on comma delimiter (unless in quotes)
+			row.split(/,(?=(?:(?:[^"]*"){2})*[^"]*$)/)
+				// dequote tokens if needed 
+				.map(token => token.replace(/(^"|"$)/g, '')
+					// replace double double quotes with double quotes
+					.replace(/\"\"/g, '"')));
 
 	// extract the header row and use for the property names
 	const header = tokens.shift();

src/test/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as csv from '..';
 
-const data = '\uFEFFa,b,c\r"1",2,3\n4,"5",6\r\n7,"The number eight: ""8""",9\r"a\r\na",b,"c, d"\n12';
+const data = 'a,b,c\r"1",2,3\n4,"5",6\r\n7,"The number eight: ""8""",9\r"a\r\na",b,"c, d"\n12';
 
 console.log(csv.parse(data));
+