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How to load data from csv file into form field?

I am trying to link my HTML form with my csv file to populate form field automatically. Based on what user selects in first field, second field should be automatically filled with the appropriate value. when the user starts typing in the first field, the input field automatically pulls data from csv file to show available options. Options appear after user completes writing 3 words in the field.
Further, to avoid any CORS issue in code, I have added additional URL in my CSV file URL which makes it accessible by any web application.
I was able to prepare this code with the help of examples available on web. However, my code is not working properly. I tried to solve this problem on my own. But I don't know about coding enough.
Can anyone please help me to solve this problem.
<script>
$(function() { function processData(allText) { var record_num = 2;
// or however many elements there are in each row
var allTextLines = allText.split(/\r\n|\n/); var lines = []; var headings = allTextLines.shift().split(','); while (allTextLines.length > 0) { var tobj = {}, entry; entry = allTextLines.shift().split(','); tobj['label'] = entry[0]; tobj['value'] = entry[1]; lines.push(tobj); } return lines; }
// Storage for lists of CSV Data
var lists = [];
// Get the CSV Content
$.get("https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/www.coasilat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/file.txt ", function(data) { lists = processData(data); }); $("#species").autocomplete({ minLength: 3, source: lists, select: function(event, ui) { $("#species").val(ui.item.label); $("#identifiant").val(ui.item.value); return false; } }); });)
</script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form>
<div class="ui-widget"> <label for="species">Species: </label> <input id="species"> <label for="identifiant">Identifiant: </label> <input id="identifiant" style="width: 6em;"> </div></form>

Here's the modified answer, working with jquery-ui autocomplete.
The solution: the $.get() is an asynchronous function (the data is not readily available on page load), so jquery-ui autocomplete didn't work with the updated lists[] array, because it (seems so that it) doesn't work with dynamically generated data. So the source of autocomplete had to be refreshed with the newly arrived data in the $.get()'s callback function.
$("#species").autocomplete('option', 'source', lists) - this is the key line, as it updates autocomplete's source with the new data.
// Only needed for working example
var myCSV = "Species,Identifiant\r\n";
myCSV += "Species A,320439\r\n";
myCSV += "Species B,349450\r\n";
myCSV += "Species C,43435904\r\n";
myCSV += "Species D,320440\r\n";
myCSV += "Species E,349451\r\n";
myCSV += "Species F,43435905\r\n";
console.log(myCSV);
// Begin jQuery Code
$(function() {
function processData(allText) {
// var record_num = 2; // or however many elements there are in each row
var allTextLines = allText.split(/\r\n|\n/);
var lines = [];
var headings = allTextLines.shift().split(',');
while (allTextLines.length > 0) {
var tobj = {},
entry;
entry = allTextLines.shift().split(',');
/*
Normally we'd read the headers into the object.
Since we will be using Autocomplete, it's looking for an array of objects with 'label' and 'value' properties.
tobj[headings[0]] = entry[0];
tobj[headings[1]] = entry[1];
*/
if (typeof entry[1] !== 'undefined') {
let prefix = !entry[0].includes('Species') ? 'Species ' : ''
tobj['label'] = prefix + entry[0];
tobj['value'] = entry[1].trim();
lines.push(tobj);
}
}
return lines;
}
let lists = [];
// For working example
// lists = processData(myCSV);
// console.log('lists1', lists)
// In your script you will get this content from the CSV File
// Get the CSV Content
$.get("https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/www.coasilat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/file.txt", function(data) {
lists = processData(data);
$("#species").autocomplete('option', 'source', lists)
console.log('lists2', lists)
});
$("#species").autocomplete({
minLength: 3,
source: lists,
focus: function(event, ui) {
console.log(ui)
$("#species").val(ui.item.label);
return false;
},
select: function(event, ui) {
$("#species").val(ui.item.label);
$("#identifiant").val(ui.item.value);
return false;
}
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link href="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<div class="ui-widget">
<label for="species">Species: </label>
<input id="species">
<label for="identifiant">Identifiant: </label>
<input id="identifiant" style="width: 6em;">
</div>
The processData() function didn't work as expected with the source you provided, so that had to be modified too.

My solution is a kinda' autocomplete - it's called typeahead.
I displayed the filtered list, so you see what's happening, but you can place that anywhere - in a dropdown below the input field, for example.
$(function() {
// processing CSV data
function processData(allText) {
// splitting lines
var allTextLines = allText.split(/\r\n|\n/);
const speciesData = []
// reading data into array, if it's not the first row (CSV header) AND
// if it's not 'Species'
let j = 0; // this will be the item's index
for (let i = 0; i < allTextLines.length - 1; i++) {
if (i !== 0 && allTextLines[i] !== 'Species') {
const record = allTextLines[i].split(',')
speciesData.push({
label: record[0],
value: record[1].trim(), // it has a lot of whitespace
index: j // adding this, so we can keep track of items
})
j++; // incrementing index
}
}
// returning processed data
return speciesData;
}
// Storage for lists of processed CSV Data
let lists = [];
// Get the CSV Content
$.get("https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/www.coasilat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/file.txt ", function(data) {
// making processed data availabel app-wide
lists = processData(data);
// filling the 'suggestions list' the first time
suggestionListHtml(lists, $('.suggestions-container'))
});
// actions on input field input event
// only the third param differs in filterSpecies()
$('#species').on('input', function(e) {
const filteredList = filterSpecies($(this).val(), lists, 'label')
suggestionListHtml(filteredList, $('.suggestions-container'))
})
$('#identifiant').on('input', function(e) {
const filteredList = filterSpecies($(this).val(), lists, 'value')
suggestionListHtml(filteredList, $('.suggestions-container'))
})
// clicking on an item in the 'suggestions list' fills out the input fields
$('.suggestions-container').on('click', '.suggestion', function(e) {
const item = lists[$(this).attr('data-listindex')]
$('#species').val(item.label)
$('#identifiant').val(item.value)
})
});
function suggestionListHtml(filteredList, container) {
// creating HTML template for the 'suggestions list'
let html = ''
filteredList.forEach(item => {
html += `<span class="suggestion" data-listindex="${item.index}">label: ${item.label} - value: ${item.value}</span>`
})
// modifying the displayed 'suggestions list'
container
.empty()
.append(html)
}
// filtering the processed list
// #param substr - the text from the input field
// #param list - the list to be filtered
// #param attr - one of the keys in the processed list (label or value)
function filterSpecies(substr, list, attr) {
// doing the actual filtering
const filteredList = list.filter(item => {
return item[attr].toLowerCase().includes(substr.toLowerCase())
})
return filteredList
}
.suggestions-container span {
display: block;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form>
<div class="ui-widget">
<label for="species">Species: </label>
<input id="species">
<label for="identifiant">Identifiant: </label>
<input id="identifiant" style="width: 6em;">
</div>
<div class="suggestions-container">
</div>
</form>

Removing a particular element from an array causing an issue

I have an array where if i delete a specific element it will remove it but later if i again remove another element the newly selected element will be deleted but previously deleted element will be present as shown in fig.
refer above picture at first i removed phone from a array and next i removed Account Disabled but in the second table the previously deleted element phone is still present
var selectedOpts = $('#lstBox1 option:selected');
var text = selectedOpts.val();
var colData = [];
this.firmData.forEach(function (dta) {
colData.push(dta.DisplayName);
})
const removeItem = value => colData.filter(item => item !== value)
console.table(removeItem(text))
console.log(text);
UPDATE
actual requirement
my requirement is i need to move data viceversa while moving i also want to remove it from array for now i can only append those values but i am not able to remove it from an array
1st column html
<div class="menu">
<select multiple="multiple" id='lstBox1' >
</select>
</div>
1st column JS code
self.firmData.forEach(function (data) {
$("#lstBox1").append($('<option class="items">').text(data.DisplayName).attr('value', data.DisplayName));
});
2nd column HTMl
<div class="menu">
<select multiple="multiple" id='lstBox2' >
</select>
</div>
2nd column JS code
self.data.forEach(function (data) {
$("#lstBox2").append($('<option class="items">').text(data.columnsexpo).attr('value', data.columnsexpo));
});
Button functions
"click #btnRight": function(e){
var selectedOpts = $('#lstBox1 option:selected');
var text = selectedOpts.val();
$('#lstBox2').append($(selectedOpts).clone())
this.data.push(columnsexpo: text);
}
"click #btnLeft": function(e){
var selectedOpts = $('#lstBox2 option:selected');
var text = selectedOpts.val();
$('#lstBox1').append($(selectedOpts).clone())
this.data.push(columnsexpo: text);
}

Not sure from the question what you're trying to do, but this should remove the item you want from the original array. Warning - may contain bugs / errors, however Array.prototype.splice removes items from an array.
var selectedOpts = $('#lstBox1 option:selected');
var text = selectedOpts.val();
var colData = [];
this.firmData.forEach(function (dta) {
colData.push(dta.DisplayName);
})
function findItem(item) {
return item == text;
}
colData.splice(colData.findIndex(findItem), 1);
console.table(colData)
console.log(text);

.filter don't remove item from array
To remove item in your array you can do
colData.splice(colData.indexOf(text), 1)
Live demo
var colData = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'];
const removeItem = value => {
let arr = colData.splice(colData.indexOf(value), 1);
return arr;
}
removeItem('a');
removeItem('d');
console.log(colData);

LocalStorage and adding li to list

I'm trying to make a small script that allows for a little notes section. This section would have an input box that allows for adding elements to the list; which will be saved in localStorage so they are not lost when I refresh or close the browser. The code I have is as follows (it's all done through JS even the html, but ignore that.)
var notes = [];
var listthings = "<h2 id=\"titlething\">Notes</h2>" +
"<ul id=\"listing\">" +
"</ul>"
"<input type=\"text\" name=\"item\" id=\"textfield\">" +
"<input type=\"submit\" id=\"submitthing\" value=\"Submit\">";
JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('notes')) || [].forEach( function (note) {
"<li id=\"listitem\">" + notes + "</li>";
})
$('#submitthing').click(function() {
notes.push($('#textfield').val());
});
localStorage.setItem('notes', JSON.stringify(notes));
Also, how would I go about appending the latest added li between the opening and closing tag? Obviously I'd usually do it using jQuery, but this is puzzling me a little. However, only the 'Notes' loads at the top, any ideas?

Your approach is way off the mark. You don't need JSON at all (this just confuses things) and you don't need to manually create HTML.
Also, you can use an array to store the notes, but since localStorage is the storage area, so an array is redundant. Additionally, without using an array, you don't need JSON. The entire problem becomes much easier to solve.
Unfortunately, the following won't run here in this snippet editor, due to security issues, but it would do what you are asking. This fiddle shows it working: https://jsfiddle.net/Lqjwbn1r/14/
// Upon the page being ready:
window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(){
// Get a reference to the empty <ul> element on the page
var list = document.getElementById("notes");
// Loop through localStorage
for (var i = 0; i < localStorage.length; i++){
// Make sure that we only read the notes from local storage
if(localStorage.key(i).indexOf("note") !== -1){
// For each item, create a new <li> element
var item = document.createElement("li");
// Populate the <li> with the contents of the current
// localStorage item's value
item.textContent = localStorage.getItem(localStorage.key(i));
// Append the <li> to the page's <ul>
list.appendChild(item);
}
}
// Get references to the button and input
var btn = document.getElementById("btnSave");
var note = document.getElementById("txtNote");
// Store a note count:
var noteCount = 1;
// When the button is clicked...
btn.addEventListener("click", function(){
// Get the value of the input
var noteVal = note.value;
// As long as the value isn't an empty string...
if(noteVal.trim() !== ""){
// Create the note in localStorage using the
// note counter so that each stored item gets
// a unique key
localStorage.setItem("note" + noteCount, noteVal);
// Create a new <li>
var lstItem = document.createElement("li");
// Set the content of the <li>
lstItem.textContent = noteVal;
// Append the <li> to the <ul>
list.appendChild(lstItem);
// Bump up the note counter
noteCount++;
}
});
});
<input type=text id=txtNote><input type=button value=Save id=btnSave>
<ul id=notes></ul>

This is how I would approach it using jquery. but depens how complex this should be. this is just simple demo.
<input type="text" id="note" />
<button id="add">add note</button>
<ul id="notes"></ul>
javascript and jquery
function addNote(){
var data = localStorage.getItem("notes")
var notes = null;
if(data != null)
{
notes = JSON.parse(data);
}
if(notes == null){
notes = [];
}
notes.push($("#note").val());
localStorage.setItem("notes", JSON.stringify(notes));
refreshNotes();
}
function refreshNotes(){
var notesElement =$("#notes");
notesElement.empty();
var notes = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("notes"));
for(var i = 0; i< notes.length; i++){
var note = notes[i];
notesElement.append("<li>"+note+"</li>");
}
}
$(function(){
refreshNotes();
$("#add").click(function(){
addNote();
});
})
example:
http://codepen.io/xszaboj/pen/dOXEey?editors=1010

Couldn't append span element to array object in Angularjs/Jquery

Am struggling hard to bind an array object with list of span values using watcher in Angularjs.
It is partially working, when i input span elements, an array automatically gets created for each span and when I remove any span element -> respective row from the existing array gets deleted and all the other rows gets realigned correctly(without disturbing the value and name).
The problem is when I remove a span element and reenter it using my input text, it is not getting added to my array. So, after removing one span element, and enter any new element - these new values are not getting appended to my array.
DemoCode fiddle link
What am I missing in my code?
How can I get reinserted spans to be appended to the existing array object without disturbing the values of leftover rows (name and values of array)?
Please note that values will get changed any time as per a chart.
This is the code am using:
<script>
function rdCtrl($scope) {
$scope.dataset_v1 = {};
$scope.dataset_wc = {};
$scope.$watch('dataset_wc', function (newVal) {
//alert('columns changed :: ' + JSON.stringify($scope.dataset_wc, null, 2));
$('#status').html(JSON.stringify($scope.dataset_wc));
}, true);
$(function () {
$('#tags input').on('focusout', function () {
var txt = this.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9\+\-\.\#]/g, ''); // allowed characters
if (txt) {
//alert(txt);
$(this).before('<span class="tag">' + txt.toLowerCase() + '</span>');
var div = $("#tags");
var spans = div.find("span");
spans.each(function (i, elem) { // loop over each spans
$scope.dataset_v1["d" + i] = { // add the key for each object results in "d0, d1..n"
id: i, // gives the id as "0,1,2.....n"
name: $(elem).text(), // push the text of the span in the loop
value: 3
}
});
$("#assign").click();
}
this.value = "";
}).on('keyup', function (e) {
// if: comma,enter (delimit more keyCodes with | pipe)
if (/(188|13)/.test(e.which)) $(this).focusout();
if ($('#tags span').length == 7) {
document.getElementById('inptags').style.display = 'none';
}
});
$('#tags').on('click', '.tag', function () {
var tagrm = this.innerHTML;
sk1 = $scope.dataset_wc;
removeparent(sk1);
filter($scope.dataset_v1, tagrm, 0);
$(this).remove();
document.getElementById('inptags').style.display = 'block';
$("#assign").click();
});
});
$scope.assign = function () {
$scope.dataset_wc = $scope.dataset_v1;
};
function filter(arr, m, i) {
if (i < arr.length) {
if (arr[i].name === m) {
arr.splice(i, 1);
arr.forEach(function (val, index) {
val.id = index
});
return arr
} else {
return filter(arr, m, i + 1)
}
} else {
return m + " not found in array"
}
}
function removeparent(d1)
{
dataset = d1;
d_sk = [];
Object.keys(dataset).forEach(function (key) {
// Get the value from the object
var value = dataset[key].value;
d_sk.push(dataset[key]);
});
$scope.dataset_v1 = d_sk;
}
}
</script>
Am giving another try, checking my luck on SO... I tried using another object to track the data while appending, but found difficult.

You should be using the scope as a way to bridge the full array and the tags. use ng-repeat to show the tags, and use the input model to push it into the main array that's showing the tags. I got it started for you here: http://jsfiddle.net/d5ah88mh/9/
function rdCtrl($scope){
$scope.dataset = [];
$scope.inputVal = "";
$scope.removeData = function(index){
$scope.dataset.splice(index, 1);
redoIndexes($scope.dataset);
}
$scope.addToData = function(){
$scope.dataset.push(
{"id": $scope.dataset.length+1,
"name": $scope.inputVal,
"value": 3}
);
$scope.inputVal = "";
redoIndexes($scope.dataset);
}
function redoIndexes(dataset){
for(i=0; i<dataset.length; i++){
$scope.dataset[i].id = i;
}
}
}
<div ng-app>
<div ng-controller="rdCtrl">
<div id="tags" style="border:none;width:370px;margin-left:300px;">
<span class="tag" style="padding:10px;background-color:#808080;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;" ng-repeat="data in dataset" id="4" ng-click="removeData($index)">{{data.name}}</span>
<div>
<input type="text" style="margin-left:-5px;" id="inptags" value="" placeholder="Add ur 5 main categories (enter ,)" ng-model="inputVal" />
<button type="submit" ng-click="addToData()">Submit</button>
<img src="../../../static/app/img/accept.png" ng-click="assign()" id="assign" style="cursor:pointer;display:none" />
</div>
</div>
<div id="status" style="margin-top:100px;"></div>
</div>
</div>

Remove node function on parent element

I'm new to JS. I'm trying to delete the parent node with all the children by clicking a button. But the console tells me that undefined is not a function. What am I missing?
Fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/vy0d8bqt/
HTML:
<button type="button" id="output">Get contacts</button>
<button type="button" id="clear_contacts">clear contact</button>
<div id="output_here"></div>
JS:
// contact book, getting data from JSON and outputting via a button
// define a JSON structure
var contacts = {
"friends" :
[
{
"name" : "name1",
"surname" : "surname1"
},
{
"name" : "name2",
"surname" : "surname2"
}
]
};
//get button ID and id of div where content will be shown
var get_contacts_btn = document.getElementById("output");
var output = document.getElementById("output_here");
var clear = document.getElementById("clear_contacts");
var i;
// get length of JSON
var contacts_length = contacts.friends.length;
get_contacts_btn.addEventListener('click', function(){
//console.log("clicked");
for(i = 0; i < contacts_length; i++){
var data = contacts.friends[i];
var name = data.name;
var surname = data.surname;
output.style.display = 'block';
output.innerHTML += "<p> name: " + name + "| surname: " + surname + "</p>";
}
});
//get Children of output div to remove them on clear button
//get output to clear
output_to_clear = document.getElementById("output_here");
clear.addEventListener('click', function(){
output_to_clear.removeNode(true);
});

You should use remove() instead of removeNode()
http://jsfiddle.net/vy0d8bqt/1/
However, this also removes the output_to_clear node itself. You can use output_to_clear.innerHTML = '' if you like to just delete all content of the node, but not removing the node itself (so you can click 'get contacts' button again after clearing it)
http://jsfiddle.net/vy0d8bqt/3/

You want this for broad support:
output_to_clear.parentNode.removeChild(output_to_clear);
Or this in modern browsers only:
output_to_clear.remove();
But either way, make sure you don't try to remove it after it has already been removed. Since you're caching the reference, that could be an issue, so this may be safer:
if (output_to_clear.parentNode != null) {
output_to_clear.remove();
}
If you were hoping to empty its content, then do this:
while (output_to_clear.firstChild) {
output_to_clear.removeChild(output_to_clear.firstChild);
}

I think using jQuery's $.remove() is probably the best choice here. If you can't or don't want to use jQuery, The Mozilla docs for Node provides a function to remove all child nodes.
Element.prototype.removeAll = function () {
while (this.firstChild) { this.removeChild(this.firstChild); }
return this;
};
Which you would use like:
output_to_clear.removeAll();
For a one-off given the example provided:
while (output_to_clear.firstChild) { output_to_clear.removeChild(output_to_clear.firstChild); }