column-type-detector v1.0.1

column-type-detector

A JavaScript library to automatically detect column types in a dataset based on their values.

Installation

Install the column-type-detector package using npm:

npm install column-type-detector

or

yarn add column-type-detector

Usage

const { autoDetectColumnTypes } = require("column-type-detector");

const csvData = `
    Name, Age, Birthday, Email, Price, Options
    John, 25, 1998-06-15, john@example.com, 99.99, [Option1, Option2]
    Jane, 30, 1992-03-20, jane@example.com, 149.50, [Option2], [x]
`;

const detectedTypes = autoDetectColumnTypes(csvData);
console.log(detectedTypes);

Supported Column Types

The column-type-detector package supports the following column types:

• Number (Integer) / Float (Decimal)
• Date / Time / DateTime (Date and Time)
• Boolean (True/False)
• URL (Web address)
• Email
• Image / Audio / Video
• Price (Currency value)
• Percentage
• JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
• Object (for serialization)
• Enum (Enumerated values)
• ID (Identifier)
• IP Address
• Phone Number
• Gender
• Select (Single Choice) / Multiple Select (Multiple Choices)
• Checkbox (Boolean option) / Radio Button (Single-choice option)
• Dropdown (Select from a list)
• Slider (Numeric range selection)
• Text Area (Long text input)
• Password (Secure text input)
• File Upload
• Color Picker
• Rating (Numeric or star-based)
• Likert Scale (Ordered scale)
• Matrix (Grid of choices)
• Tags (Multiple categorization)
• Autocomplete (Suggestive text input)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.