function column_to_delimited(input, character) {

        let prefix_item = $('#prefix-item').val();

        if (!prefix_item) {
        prefix_item = '';
        }

        let suffix_item = $('#suffix-item').val();

        if (!suffix_item) {
        suffix_item = '';
        }

        let prefix_result = $('#prefix-result').val();

        if (!prefix_result) {
        prefix_result = '';
        }

        let suffix_result = $('#suffix-result').val();

        if (!suffix_result) {
        suffix_result = '';
        }

        var result = prefix_result + prefix_item + replaceAll("\n", suffix_item + character + prefix_item, input).trim() + suffix_item + suffix_result;

        if (character.length > 0) {
            while (result.trim().substr(result.length - 1) === character)
            result = result.slice(0, -1);

            while (result.trim().charAt(0) === character)
            result = result.substring(1);
        }

        return result;
        }






        function convert(input) {

        var delimiter = $('#delimiter').val();

        return column_to_delimited(input, delimiter);
        }








function replaceAll(find, replace, str) {
    return str.replace(new RegExp(find, 'g'), replace);
}

function beautify(str) {


    var result = '';

    var length = str.length;

    var i = 0;

    var braceCountLeft = 0;
    var braceCountRight = 0;

    var withinQuotes = false;

    while (i < length) {

        var c = str[i];

        if (c == '"' && (i == 0 || c[i - 1] != '\\')) {
            // non-escaped quotes
            withinQuotes = !withinQuotes;
        }

        if (!withinQuotes && (c == '}' || c == '{' || c == ',')) {

            console.log('Start####' + result);

            // look back and remove carriage returns and whitespace that are already there

            var resultIndex = result.length - 1;
            while (resultIndex >= 0 && (result[resultIndex] == ' ' || result[resultIndex] == '\r' || result[resultIndex] == '\n' || result[resultIndex] == '\t')) {

                resultIndex = resultIndex - 1;
                result = result.substr(0, resultIndex + 1);

                console.log('char ' + result[resultIndex] + '-----' + result + 'zzz ' + result.length + ' ' + resultIndex);

            }


            if (c == '{') {
                braceCountLeft++;
                result += c + '\r' + GetTabs(braceCountLeft - braceCountRight);
            } else if (c == '}') {
                braceCountRight++;
                // precede with carriage return
                result += '\r' + GetTabs(braceCountLeft - braceCountRight) + c;
            } else if (c == ',') {
                result += c + '\r' + GetTabs(braceCountLeft - braceCountRight);
            }

            var nextChar = '';

            // advance through whitespace and remove carriage returns that are already there
            while (i < length && (str[i + 1] == ' ' || str[i + 1] == '\r' || str[i + 1] == '\n' || str[i + 1] == '\t')) {
                i++;
            }

        } else {

            result += str[i];

        }


        i++;

    }

    return result;

}

function GetTabs(count) {

    var result = '';

    for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
        result += '    ';
    }

    return result;

}