TSV to JSON

tsvtojson.js

    var tsvToJson = function(input){
        var info = input.replace(/['"]/g,''),
            lines = info.split('\n'),
            firstLine = lines.shift().split('\t'),
            json = [];

        // Helper function to remove quotes
        // and parse numeric values
        var removeQuotes = function(string){
            string = string.replace(/(['"])/g, "\\$1");
            if (!isNaN(string)){
                string = parseFloat(string);
            }
            return string;
        };

        $.each(lines, function(index, item){
            var lineItem = item.split('\t'),
                jsonLineEntry = {};

            $.each(lineItem, function(index, item){
                jsonLineEntry[firstLine[index]] = removeQuotes(item);
            });
            json.push(jsonLineEntry);

        });

        return json;

    };