A readable plain text structure for strictly formatted data
npm i datta
var datta = require('datta')
var str = datta.parse(`
ID NAME EMAIL
---
000 RANDOM JOE joe@mail.com
# some comment
001 RANDOM JERRY jerry@mail.com
`)
var obj = datta.stringify([
{ ID: 0, NAME: 'RANDOM JOE', EMAIL: 'joe@mail.com' },
{ ID: 1, NAME: 'RANDOM JERRY', EMAIL: 'jerry@mail.com' }
])
You can also require just a single method:
var stringify = require('datta/stringify')
var parse = require('datta/parse')
Accepts a single object
. Returns a string
.
Accepts a single string
. Returns an object
.
The header contains the names of the fields that are separated by spaces. The spaces define the max length of the value.
The ---
separates the header from the content.
The content forms columns (every field begins where its name is in the header). The last column is basically doesn't have defined length.
Lines beginning with #
are comments.