ASCII separator characters in action

ASCII_separator.js

// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delimiter#ASCII_delimited_text
const FS = String.fromCharCode(28); // File separator; end of file. Or between a concatenation of what might otherwise be separate files.
const GS = String.fromCharCode(29); // Group separator; between sections of data. Not needed in simple data files.
const RS = String.fromCharCode(30); // Record separator; end of a record or row.
const US = String.fromCharCode(31); // Unit separator; between fields of a record, or members of a row.

function print_to_string_table(str) {
    let o = "";
    for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
        const char = str[i];
        switch (char) {
            case RS: o += "\n"; break;
            case US: o += "\t"; break;
            default: o += char;
        }
    };
    return o;
}

function print_to_html_table(str) {
    let o = "<table>";
    if (str.length > 0) o += "<tr><td>";
    for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
        const char = str[i];
        switch (char) {
            case RS: o += "<tr><td>"; break;
            case US: o += "<td>"; break;
            default: o += char;
        }
    };
    o += "</table>";
    return o;
}

const test = "hello" + US + "world" + RS + "it's" + US + "me" + RS + "margarita" + US + "man";
console.log(print_to_string_table(test));
console.log(print_to_html_table(test));