I have a txt file with people's name,i would like to put that data into a javascript/Json object,i would then import that object with ES6 modules. This data would be used to render html elements with that data and then like searching on a search bar,filtering by their name,sex etc... example:

txt.file:
men:
john doe
antony rewasd
randomName lastName
............
............
women:
hailey Coleman
mary johnson
............
...........
...........
output:
const people = 
{
      women:
      [
            { 
                name:'whatever',
                lastName:'______',
                sex:'W',
            },
            { 
                name:'whatever',
                lastName:'______',
                sex:'W',
            },
              .............................
            .............................
            .............................
      ],
      men:
      [
            { 
                name:'whatever',
                lastName:'______',
                sex:'M',
            },
            { 
                name:'whatever',
                lastName:'______',
                sex:'M',
            },
            .............................
            .............................
            .............................
      ]
}

CodePudding user response：

I use the file name text.txt The files content are in a stringified JSON:

{"men": ["a","b"]}

The code to access this looks like this:

const fs = require('fs')
const data = fs.readFile('test.txt', (err, data) => {
    if (err) throw err;
    data = JSON.parse(data.toString())
    // Write code here to make use of the data
    console.log(data)
})

The console logs this:

{ men: [ 'a', 'b' ] }

Then you can use the received object from the textfile to fill in your objects in the callback function

CodePudding user response：

That was an interesting question to combine

1. reading from a plain file
2. parsing lines
3. changing behaviours based on different lines

Please change separator and fileName based on your settings:

const fs = require("fs");
const separator = "\r\n";
const fileName = "txt.file";
const array = fs.readFileSync(fileName).toString().split(separator);

const people = { women: [], men: [] };
const addMan = (collection, item) => {
  collection.men.push({ ...item, sex: "M" });
};
const addWoman = (collection, item) => {
  collection.women.push({ ...item, sex: "W" });
};
let addPerson = () => {};

for (line of array) {
  if (line == "men:") addPerson = addMan;
  else if (line == "women:") addPerson = addWoman;
  else {
    const [firstName, ...lastName] = line.split(" ");
    addPerson(people, { name: firstName, lastName: lastName.join("") });
  }
}

console.log(people);