From 0fb8537e068d4b3908624c77cf69535b84349ccb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Holt <Matthew.Holt+git@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 13:49:52 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Implemented keepEmptyRows (closes #71)

---
 papaparse.js | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/papaparse.js b/papaparse.js
index a0ff618..2adcbce 100644
--- a/papaparse.js
+++ b/papaparse.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 		worker: false,
 		comments: false,
 		complete: undefined,
-		download: false
+		download: false,
+		keepEmptyRows: false
 	};
 
 	global.Papa = {};
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@
 		{
 			if (typeof _input.data === 'string')
 				_input.data = JSON.parse(_input.data);
-			
+
 			if (_input.data instanceof Array)
 			{
 				if (!_input.fields)
@@ -1036,7 +1037,10 @@
 		{
 			if (_data[_rowIdx].length == 1 && EMPTY.test(_data[_rowIdx][0]))
 			{
-				_data.splice(_rowIdx, 1);
+				if (config.keepEmptyRows)
+					_data[_rowIdx].splice(0, 1);
+				else
+					_data.splice(_rowIdx, 1);
 				_rowIdx = _data.length - 1;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1241,6 +1245,9 @@
 		if (typeof config.download !== 'boolean')
 			config.download = DEFAULTS.download;
 
+		if (typeof config.keepEmptyRows !== 'boolean')
+			config.keepEmptyRows = DEFAULTS.keepEmptyRows;
+
 		return config;
 	}