Write a string containing commas and double quotes to CSV

Question

I\'m trying to produce a Google Shopping feed of 30,000+ items in NetSuite, a CRM system that runs server-side JavaScript that it calls Suitescript 2.0. Essentially, it\'s j

Answer 1

In my case, I didn't want to quote strings that did not need quoting. So I test the string for nasty characters before quoting it.

function escapeCSV (term) {
  if (term.match && term.match(/,|"/))  {
    return `"${term.replace('"','""')}"`
  } else {
    return term
  }
}