(Node.js) CSV Enable Quotes

Explains the EnableQuotes property for the CSV class.

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // The CSV in this example contains this:   test;"123;abc";xyz

    var csv = new chilkat.Csv();

    // EnableQuotes is true by default, but we'll explicitly set to true here:
    csv.EnableQuotes = true;
    var success = csv.LoadFile("qa_data/csv/enableQuotes.csv");

    // Show row 0, column 0
    console.log(csv.GetCell(0,0));
    // Show row 0, column 1
    console.log(csv.GetCell(0,1));
    // Show row 0, column 2
    console.log(csv.GetCell(0,2));

    // Output is: 
    //  test
    //  123;abc
    //  xyz

    // -------------------------------------------
    // Turn off EnableQuotes and see what happens:

    var csv2 = new chilkat.Csv();
    csv2.EnableQuotes = false;

    success = csv2.LoadFile("qa_data/csv/enableQuotes.csv");

    console.log(csv2.GetCell(0,0));
    console.log(csv2.GetCell(0,1));
    console.log(csv2.GetCell(0,2));
    console.log(csv2.GetCell(0,3));

    // Output is:

    //  test
    //  "123
    //  abc"
    //  xyz

}

chilkatExample();