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fwv

A Fixed Width Value Parser.

This module is mostly useful to folks who have to parse fixed-width format files. Fixed-width files are often created from database reports or from Microsoft Excel. However, this module can also be used to quickly parse a string containing data at specified locations.

Note: This module requires Node v8.11.0 or higher.

Install

Using npm:

$ npm install fwv

Using yarn:

$ yarn add fwv

Usage

const fwv = require('fwv');

const options = {
  columns: [
    { name: 'id', from: 0, to: 4 },
    { name: 'name', from: 5, to: 11 },
    { name: 'cost', from: 12, to: 16 }
  ],
  input: '0001 WIDGET 5.00'
}

const result = await fwv(options);

//→ [ { id: '0001', name: 'WIDGET', cost: '5.00' }]

API

fwv([options])

Returns: Array[object]

options

Type: object

columns

Type: Array[object]

An array of column configurations. Each item in the array will correspond to a property on the result for a given line.

  {
    name: <string>,  // the name of the column / result object property
    from: <integer>, // the start position of the column
    to: <integer>    // the end position of the column
  }

Note: For an example column configuration, see test/fixtures/config.js.

input

Type: string|Buffer|Stream

An input value, upon which the parser will run.

Passing a readable Stream is preferred, but you may pass a string or Buffer, and the module will convert it to a Stream for you.

fwv

Usage no npm install needed!