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Export HTML Table as CSV
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function exportTableToCSV($table, filename) { | |
var $rows = $table.find('tr:has(td),tr:has(th)'), | |
// Temporary delimiter characters unlikely to be typed by keyboard | |
// This is to avoid accidentally splitting the actual contents | |
tmpColDelim = String.fromCharCode(11), // vertical tab character | |
tmpRowDelim = String.fromCharCode(0), // null character | |
// actual delimiter characters for CSV format | |
colDelim = '","', | |
rowDelim = '"\r\n"', | |
// Grab text from table into CSV formatted string | |
csv = '"' + $rows.map(function(i, row) { | |
var $row = $(row), | |
$cols = $row.find('td,th'); | |
return $cols.map(function(j, col) { | |
var $col = $(col), | |
text = $col.text(); | |
return text.replace(/"/g, '""'); // escape double quotes | |
}).get().join(tmpColDelim); | |
}).get().join(tmpRowDelim) | |
.split(tmpRowDelim).join(rowDelim) | |
.split(tmpColDelim).join(colDelim) + '"', | |
// Data URI | |
csvData = 'data:application/csv;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(csv); | |
if (window.navigator.msSaveBlob) { // IE 10+ | |
//alert('IE' + csv); | |
window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(new Blob([csv], { | |
type: "text/plain;charset=utf-8;" | |
}), "csvname.csv") | |
} else { | |
$(this).attr({ | |
'download': filename, | |
'href': csvData, | |
'target': '_blank' | |
}); | |
} | |
} | |
// button has to be an anchor, don't use prevent default because it | |
// actually has to link to the generated csv | |
$("#anchor").on('click', function() { | |
exportTableToCSV.apply(this, [$('table'), 'export.csv']); | |
}); |
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