function convertToQnABotJSON()

in utility_scripts/csv2json_converter/js/qnabot_csv2json_converter.js [45:92]
44 lines of code
16 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

			function convertToQnABotJSON(arrCSVInput) {
				var strJSONOutput = '{"qna": [{';	//start the JSON structure
				updateProgress ("<br>Number of rows found (including header row): " + arrCSVInput.length);
				updateProgress ("<br>Conversion to JSON in progress...");

				//check if the input csv file has the needed fields. If not, return exception and stop conversion
				if (!checkCSVFileFormat(arrCSVInput[0])) {
					return false;
				}

				for (var intRow = 1; intRow < (arrCSVInput.length); intRow++) {	//iterate through the array object (skip header row)
					if (intRow > 1) {
						strJSONOutput = strJSONOutput + '}, {'; 
					}
	
					for (var intCol = 0; intCol <= arrCSVInput[intRow].length; intCol++){	//iterate through each array column for each row
						if (intCol == QUESTION_IDENTIFIER_INDEX) {
							strJSONOutput = strJSONOutput + create_QnA_qid(arrCSVInput[intRow][intCol]);	//create the QnA qid JSON key
						}
						if (intCol == QUESTION_TYPE_INDEX) {
							strJSONOutput = strJSONOutput + create_QnA_type(arrCSVInput[intRow][intCol]);	//create the QnA type JSON key 
						}
						if (intCol == QUESTION_INDEX) {
							strJSONOutput = strJSONOutput + create_QnA_q(arrCSVInput[intRow][intCol]);		//create the QnA q JSON key
						}
						if (intCol == QUESTION_ANSWER_INDEX) {
							strJSONOutput = strJSONOutput + create_QnA_a(arrCSVInput[intRow][intCol]);		//create the QnA a JSON key
						}
						if (intCol == QUESTION_ANSWER_MARKDOWN && arrCSVInput[intRow][intCol]) {			//create the QnA alt+markdown JSON key
							strJSONOutput = strJSONOutput + create_QnA_alt_markdown(arrCSVInput[intRow][intCol]);
						}
						if (arrCSVInput[intRow][intCol] && intCol < arrCSVInput[intRow].length-1) {		//add a comma if more JSON key pairs are to be added
							strJSONOutput = strJSONOutput + ', '; 
						}
					}
				}
				strJSONOutput = strJSONOutput + '}]}';	//close the JSON structure
				strJSONOutput = strJSONOutput.replace(/""/g, '"');	//replace globally for any occurence of two double-quotes
				try {
					if (JSON.parse(strJSONOutput) && typeof JSON.parse(strJSONOutput) === "object") {
						saveConvertedFile (strJSONOutput);	//create converted file and provide dialog box to save the file
					}
				} catch (e){
					console.log (e);
					updateProgress ("<br><font color='red'>ERROR: Input file does not meet file format specifications. <br> Please check your input file headers and/or remove any end-of-line commas and try again. </font>");
				}
				return (strJSONOutput);
			}