stringlist

Parses lists of strings into array.

Usage

This module takes strings in a list form and parses them to an array of strings

var stringlist = require('stringlist');
stringlist.parse('item, "another item", yet another item');
// [ 'item', 'another item', 'yet another item' ]

API

Parsing

stringlist.parse(string, [options])

returns an array of strings parsed from the input. you can define your own options.delimiter if you don't want to use , as a delimiter.

Format

The stringlist accepts two types of items

1. unquoted items are trimmed and returned as they were in the input string.

2. quoted items (either with ' or ") are treated as if they were javascript strings. They are not trimmed and all special characters must be escaped. Escaped characters are returned as they were

example

// unquoted strings are trimmed
stringlist.parse(' item 1, item 2 ,item 3 ');
// [ 'item 1', 'item 2', 'item 3' ]

// quoted strings are not trimmed
stringlist.parse('" item 1", " item 2 ", "item 3 "');
// [ ' item 1', ' item 2 ', 'item 3 ' ]

// unquoted strings are not unescaped
stringlist.parse(' \\" ');
// [ '\"' ]

// quoted strings are unescaped
stringlist.parse('" \\" "');
// [ ' " ' ]