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Asked: 2026-05-15T18:23:20+00:00

I am trying to use the jQuery CSV plugin, as documented here: http://code.google.com/p/js-tables/wiki/CSV According

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I am trying to use the jQuery “CSV” plugin, as documented here: http://code.google.com/p/js-tables/wiki/CSV

According to the documentation:

// Convert CSV data into array of arrays
jQuery.csv()("1,2,3\n4,5,6\n7,8,9\n"); // = [ [1,2,3], [4,5,6], [7,8,9] ]

But when I attempt to do something similar, it just seems to treat the “\n” as another character in the middle of an array element.

What am I doing wrong?
I am using jQuery 1.4.2 and Firefox 3.5.10 for testing. I have also tried it with jQuery 1.3 and get the same result.

If it is a problem with the plugin, then can someone suggest another plugin for reading CSV?
My ultimate goal is to convert CSV from a string into an HTML table; the only plugin I can find that specifically does this requires the CSV to come from a file, which is not desirable for my task.

Here is a minimal test page I put together which illustrates that it’s not separating the lines into sub-arrays:

<html>
<head>
  <title>CSVtest</title>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.csv.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript">
     $(document).ready(function() {
      var lines = $.csv()("a,b\nc,d");
      alert(lines[0][1]); // Displays: b 
                          //           c instead of the expected b
     });
  </script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Make sure you’re using the latest version of the plugin. I copied and pasted your example using jQuery 1.4.2 and the (now outdated) CSV plugin from http://js-tables.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/jquery.csv.min.js and it works fine.

    http://jsfiddle.net/KRzzF/

    Tested in IE8, IE6, Google Chrome and Firefox. I also tested

    alert(lines[1][1]);

    and sure enough, the alert displayed “d”.

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