Data not rendering in excel if previous column contain a #

[marshallshelly]

Issue

If a column contained a # somewhere, it would not render the remaining characters and the next columns' data.

To reproduce

Used dataset

        const res = [
          {
            id: "468fe976-c50b-45a3-a7f0-2e7fa21bc3ea",
            brand: "Acute",
            campaign: "Campaign #1",
            round: 1,
            username: "Fairy",
            createdAt: "2023-10-17T06:41:08.474Z",
            visits: 0,
            timeSpend: "0 seconds",
          },
        ];

Used Code

        const parser = new AsyncParser({
          fields: [
            {
              label: "ID",
              value: "id",
            },
            {
              label: "Brand",
              value: "brand",
            },
            {
              label: "Campaign",
              value: "campaign",
            },
            {
              label: "Round",
              value: "round",
            },
            {
              label: "Username",
              value: "username",
            },
            {
              label: "Visits",
              value: "visits",
            },
            {
              label: "Time Spend",
              value: "timeSpend",
            },
            {
              label: "Created On",
              value: "createdAt",
            },
          ],
        });
        const csv = await parser.parse(res).promise();

        reply.header("Content-disposition", "attachment; filename=data.csv");
        reply.header("Content-Type", "text/csv");
        return reply.send(csv);

In my dataset, there is # in the campaign, so the subsequent columns' data won't render. If I take out the #, then everything renders

Any reason why this is happening?

P.S I'm viewing the CSV in Microsoft Excel

Versions

@json2csv/node: 7.0.3 nodejs: 18

[juanjoDiaz]

Hi @CodingXD ,

I run your code and the generated CSV is correct:

"ID","Brand","Campaign","Round","Username","Visits","Time Spend","Created On"
"468fe976-c50b-45a3-a7f0-2e7fa21bc3ea","Acute","Campaign #1",1,"Fairy",0,"0 seconds","2023-10-17T06:41:08.474Z"

So, the issue is on the way that excel process CSV. You can try using the StringExcel formatter to workaround this if all you care is for it to look good on excel.

[marshallshelly]

I tried with StringExcel formatter too, but that also failed.

        const parser = new AsyncParser({
          fields: [
            {
              label: "ID",
              value: "id",
            },
            {
              label: "Brand",
              value: "brand",
            },
            {
              label: "Campaign",
              value: "campaign",
            },
            {
              label: "Round",
              value: "round",
            },
            {
              label: "Username",
              value: "username",
            },
            {
              label: "Visits",
              value: "visits",
            },
            {
              label: "Time Spend",
              value: "timeSpend",
            },
            {
              label: "Created On",
              value: "createdAt",
            },
          ],
          formatters: {
            string: stringExcel,
          },
        });