Fix CSV node repeating array output

and add tests to cover it
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Dave Conway-Jones
2020-11-10 14:43:59 +00:00
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will be used as the property names. Alternatively, the column names can be taken from the first row of the CSV.</p>
<p>When converting to CSV, the column template is used to identify which properties to extract from the object and in what order.</p>
<p>If the template is blank then the node can use a simple comma separated list of properties supplied in <code>msg.columns</code> to
determine what to extract. If that is not present then all the object properties are ouput in the order in which they are found.</p>
determine what to extract. If that is not present then all the object properties are output in the order in which the properties are found in the first row.</p>
<p>If the input is an array then the columns template is only used to optionally generate a row of column titles.</p>
<p>If 'parse numerical values' option is checked, string numerical values will be returned as numbers, ie. middle value '1,"1.5",2'.</p>
<p>If 'include empty strings' option is checked, empty strings will be returned in result, ie. middle value '"1","",3'.</p>