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HTML
<script src="http://cloud.github.com/downloads/dmajda/pegjs/peg-0.7.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/html" id="grammar">
start
= [\n\r]* first:line rest:([\n\r]+ data:line { return data; })* [\n\r]* { rest.unshift(first); return rest; }
line
= first:field rest:("," text:field { return text; })*
& { return !!first || rest.length; }
{ rest.unshift(first); return rest; }
field
= '"' text:char* '"' { return text.join(''); }
/ text:[^\n\r,]* { return text.join(''); }
char
= '"' '"' { return '"'; }
/ [^"]
</script>
<textarea id="test-csv"></textarea><br>
<button id="parse-button">Parse</button>
<pre id="result"></pre>
CSS
body { padding: 20px; }
textarea {
width: 600px;
height: 300px;
}
pre {
border: 1px solid green;
padding: 10px;
margin-top: 20px;
background-color: #F6F6F6;
}
.error {
border: 1px solid red;
}
CoffeeScript
csv = """
Year,Make,Model,Description,Price
1997,Ford,E350,"ac, abs, moon",3000.00
1999,Chevy,"Venture ""Extended Edition""\","",4900.00
1999,Chevy,"Venture ""Extended Edition, Very Large""\","",5000.00
1996,Jeep,Grand Cherokee,"MUST SELL!
air, moon roof, loaded",4799.00
"""
$('#test-csv').val csv
grammar = $('#grammar').html()
csvParser = PEG.buildParser(grammar)
$('#parse-button').click ->
try
data = csvParser.parse $('#test-csv').val()
$('#result').removeClass('error').html formatJSON data
catch error
$('#result').addClass('error').html formatJSON error
#Utility stuff
RealTypeOf = `function(a){if(typeof a=="object"){if(a===null)return"null";if(a.constructor==(new Array).constructor)return"array";if(a.constructor==(new Date).constructor)return"date";if(a.constructor==(new RegExp).constructor)return"regex";return"object"}return typeof a}`
formatJSON = `function(a,b){if(arguments.length<2){var b=""}var c=" ";var d=RealTypeOf(a);if(d=="array"){if(a.length==0){return"[]"}var e="["}else{var f=0;$.each(a,function(){f++;return});if(f==0){return"{}"}var e="{"}var f=0;$.each(a,function(a,g){if(f>0){e+=","}if(d=="array"){e+="\n"+b+c}else{e+="\n"+b+c+'"'+a+'"'+": "}switch(RealTypeOf(g)){case"array":case"object":e+=formatJSON(g,b+c);break;case"boolean":case"number":e+=g.toString();break;case"null":e+="null";break;case"string":e+='"'+g+'"';break;default:e+="TYPEOF: "+typeof g}f++});if(d=="array"){e+="\n"+b+"]"}else{e+="\n"+b+"}"}return e}`
$('#parse-button').click()