Keep plain negative numbers numeric in CSV export

A leading '-' only matters when the value is not a plain number, so
-12 and -1.5 stay numeric while payloads like -2+3+cmd|'/c calc'!A0
still get the apostrophe prefix.
This commit is contained in:
Dhananjay Maurya
2026-10-13 00:06:15 +05:30
parent bae174766b
commit ae36ca3127
2 changed files with 22 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -147,6 +147,18 @@ function runTests() {
);
}
// A plain negative number is not a formula, so it must stay numeric
// instead of being forced to text with a leading apostrophe.
{
const csv = generateCSV([{ id: -12, path: "-1.5" }]);
assertEquals(
csv,
"id,path\n-12,-1.5",
"Negative numbers should stay numeric"
);
}
// A formula prefix is only dangerous at the start of a cell, so it must not
// be added mid-value.
{
+10 -1
View File
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
// leading apostrophe is prefixed to force the cell to be read as literal text.
const FORMULA_PREFIX = /^[=+\-@\t\r]/;
// A leading "-" alone is not dangerous when the rest of the value is just a
// number: spreadsheets read -12 as a number, not a formula. Only values like
// "-2+3+cmd|'/c calc'!A0" (a DDE payload) actually need neutralising, so
// plain negative numbers stay numeric instead of being forced to text.
const NEGATIVE_NUMBER = /^-\d+(\.\d+)?$/;
// CRLF, CR and LF each terminate a record for at least one CSV parser, so a
// value containing them would otherwise spill across rows and forge new ones.
// Replacing them with a literal "\n" keeps every record on a single line.
@@ -24,7 +30,10 @@ function toCsvField(value: unknown): string {
// Quoting does not stop a spreadsheet from evaluating the unquoted value,
// so the apostrophe has to be added before the field is escaped.
const cell = FORMULA_PREFIX.test(text) ? `'${text}` : text;
const cell =
FORMULA_PREFIX.test(text) && !NEGATIVE_NUMBER.test(text)
? `'${text}`
: text;
if (cell.includes(",") || cell.includes('"')) {
return `"${cell.replace(/"/g, '""')}"`;