diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/CDL.java b/src/main/java/org/json/CDL.java
index 848831d..251386b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/CDL.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/CDL.java
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ Public Domain.
  */
 
 /**
- * This provides static methods to convert comma delimited text into a
- * JSONArray, and to convert a JSONArray into comma delimited text. Comma
+ * This provides static methods to convert comma (or otherwise) delimited text into a
+ * JSONArray, and to convert a JSONArray into comma (or otherwise) delimited text. Comma
  * delimited text is a very popular format for data interchange. It is
  * understood by most database, spreadsheet, and organizer programs.
  * <p>
  * Each row of text represents a row in a table or a data record. Each row
  * ends with a NEWLINE character. Each row contains one or more values.
  * Values are separated by commas. A value can contain any character except
- * for comma, unless is is wrapped in single quotes or double quotes.
+ * for comma, unless it is wrapped in single quotes or double quotes.
  * <p>
  * The first row usually contains the names of the columns.
  * <p>
@@ -29,50 +29,48 @@ public class CDL {
      * Get the next value. The value can be wrapped in quotes. The value can
      * be empty.
      * @param x A JSONTokener of the source text.
+     * @param delimiter used in the file
      * @return The value string, or null if empty.
      * @throws JSONException if the quoted string is badly formed.
      */
-    private static String getValue(JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
+    private static String getValue(JSONTokener x, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
         char c;
         char q;
         StringBuilder sb;
         do {
             c = x.next();
         } while (c == ' ' || c == '\t');
-        switch (c) {
-        case 0:
-            return null;
-        case '"':
-        case '\'':
-            q = c;
-            sb = new StringBuilder();
-            for (;;) {
-                c = x.next();
-                if (c == q) {
-                    //Handle escaped double-quote
-                    char nextC = x.next();
-                    if(nextC != '\"') {
-                        // if our quote was the end of the file, don't step
-                        if(nextC > 0) {
-                            x.back();
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-                if (c == 0 || c == '\n' || c == '\r') {
-                    throw x.syntaxError("Missing close quote '" + q + "'.");
-                }
-                sb.append(c);
-            }
-            return sb.toString();
-        case ',':
-            x.back();
-            return "";
-        default:
-            x.back();
-            return x.nextTo(',');
-        }
-    }
+		if (c == 0) {
+			return null;
+		} else if (c == '"' || c == '\'') {
+			q = c;
+			sb = new StringBuilder();
+			for (;;) {
+				c = x.next();
+				if (c == q) {
+					//Handle escaped double-quote
+					char nextC = x.next();
+					if (nextC != '\"') {
+						// if our quote was the end of the file, don't step
+						if (nextC > 0) {
+							x.back();
+						}
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				if (c == 0 || c == '\n' || c == '\r') {
+					throw x.syntaxError("Missing close quote '" + q + "'.");
+				}
+				sb.append(c);
+			}
+			return sb.toString();
+		} else if (c == delimiter) {
+			x.back();
+			return "";
+		}
+		x.back();
+		return x.nextTo(delimiter);
+	}
 
     /**
      * Produce a JSONArray of strings from a row of comma delimited values.
@@ -81,17 +79,25 @@ public class CDL {
      * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
      */
     public static JSONArray rowToJSONArray(JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
+        return rowToJSONArray(x, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Same as {@link #rowToJSONArray(JSONTokener)}, but with a custom delimiter.
+     * @see #rowToJSONArray(JSONTokener)
+     */
+    public static JSONArray rowToJSONArray(JSONTokener x, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
         JSONArray ja = new JSONArray();
         for (;;) {
-            String value = getValue(x);
+            String value = getValue(x,delimiter);
             char c = x.next();
             if (value == null ||
-                    (ja.length() == 0 && value.length() == 0 && c != ',')) {
+                    (ja.length() == 0 && value.length() == 0 && c != delimiter)) {
                 return null;
             }
             ja.put(value);
             for (;;) {
-                if (c == ',') {
+                if (c == delimiter) {
                     break;
                 }
                 if (c != ' ') {
@@ -116,9 +122,17 @@ public class CDL {
      * @return A JSONObject combining the names and values.
      * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
      */
-    public static JSONObject rowToJSONObject(JSONArray names, JSONTokener x)
-            throws JSONException {
-        JSONArray ja = rowToJSONArray(x);
+    public static JSONObject rowToJSONObject(JSONArray names, JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
+        return rowToJSONObject(names, x, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Same as {@link #rowToJSONObject(JSONArray, JSONTokener)}, but with a custom {@code delimiter}.
+     * 
+     * @see #rowToJSONObject(JSONArray, JSONTokener) 
+     */
+    public static JSONObject rowToJSONObject(JSONArray names, JSONTokener x, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
+        JSONArray ja = rowToJSONArray(x, delimiter);
         return ja != null ? ja.toJSONObject(names) :  null;
     }
 
@@ -130,15 +144,23 @@ public class CDL {
      * @return A string ending in NEWLINE.
      */
     public static String rowToString(JSONArray ja) {
+        return rowToString(ja, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Same as {@link #rowToString(JSONArray)}, but with a custom delimiter.
+     * @see  #rowToString(JSONArray)
+     */
+    public static String rowToString(JSONArray ja, char delimiter) {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         for (int i = 0; i < ja.length(); i += 1) {
             if (i > 0) {
-                sb.append(',');
+                sb.append(delimiter);
             }
             Object object = ja.opt(i);
             if (object != null) {
                 String string = object.toString();
-                if (string.length() > 0 && (string.indexOf(',') >= 0 ||
+                if (string.length() > 0 && (string.indexOf(delimiter) >= 0 ||
                         string.indexOf('\n') >= 0 || string.indexOf('\r') >= 0 ||
                         string.indexOf(0) >= 0 || string.charAt(0) == '"')) {
                     sb.append('"');
@@ -167,7 +189,15 @@ public class CDL {
      * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
      */
     public static JSONArray toJSONArray(String string) throws JSONException {
-        return toJSONArray(new JSONTokener(string));
+        return toJSONArray(string, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Same as {@link #toJSONArray(String)}, but with a custom delimiter.
+     * @see #toJSONArray(String)
+     */
+    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(String string, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
+        return toJSONArray(new JSONTokener(string), delimiter);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -178,7 +208,15 @@ public class CDL {
      * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
      */
     public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
-        return toJSONArray(rowToJSONArray(x), x);
+        return toJSONArray(x, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Same as {@link #toJSONArray(JSONTokener)}, but with a custom delimiter.
+     * @see #toJSONArray(JSONTokener)
+     */
+    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONTokener x, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
+        return toJSONArray(rowToJSONArray(x, delimiter), x, delimiter);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -189,9 +227,16 @@ public class CDL {
      * @return A JSONArray of JSONObjects.
      * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
      */
-    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names, String string)
-            throws JSONException {
-        return toJSONArray(names, new JSONTokener(string));
+    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names, String string) throws JSONException {
+        return toJSONArray(names, string, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Same as {@link #toJSONArray(JSONArray, String)}, but with a custom delimiter.
+     * @see #toJSONArray(JSONArray, String)
+     */
+    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names, String string, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
+        return toJSONArray(names, new JSONTokener(string), delimiter);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -202,14 +247,21 @@ public class CDL {
      * @return A JSONArray of JSONObjects.
      * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
      */
-    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names, JSONTokener x)
-            throws JSONException {
+    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names, JSONTokener x) throws JSONException {
+        return toJSONArray(names, x, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Same as {@link #toJSONArray(JSONArray, JSONTokener)}, but with a custom delimiter.
+     * @see #toJSONArray(JSONArray, JSONTokener)
+     */
+    public static JSONArray toJSONArray(JSONArray names, JSONTokener x, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
         if (names == null || names.length() == 0) {
             return null;
         }
         JSONArray ja = new JSONArray();
         for (;;) {
-            JSONObject jo = rowToJSONObject(names, x);
+            JSONObject jo = rowToJSONObject(names, x, delimiter);
             if (jo == null) {
                 break;
             }
@@ -231,11 +283,19 @@ public class CDL {
      * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
      */
     public static String toString(JSONArray ja) throws JSONException {
+        return toString(ja, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Same as {@link #toString(JSONArray)}, but with a custom delimiter.
+     * @see #toString(JSONArray)
+     */
+    public static String toString(JSONArray ja, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
         JSONObject jo = ja.optJSONObject(0);
         if (jo != null) {
             JSONArray names = jo.names();
             if (names != null) {
-                return rowToString(names) + toString(names, ja);
+                return rowToString(names, delimiter) + toString(names, ja, delimiter);
             }
         }
         return null;
@@ -250,8 +310,15 @@ public class CDL {
      * @return A comma delimited text.
      * @throws JSONException if a called function fails
      */
-    public static String toString(JSONArray names, JSONArray ja)
-            throws JSONException {
+    public static String toString(JSONArray names, JSONArray ja) throws JSONException {
+        return toString(names, ja, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Same as {@link #toString(JSONArray,JSONArray)}, but with a custom delimiter.
+     * @see #toString(JSONArray,JSONArray)
+     */
+    public static String toString(JSONArray names, JSONArray ja, char delimiter) throws JSONException {
         if (names == null || names.length() == 0) {
             return null;
         }
@@ -259,7 +326,7 @@ public class CDL {
         for (int i = 0; i < ja.length(); i += 1) {
             JSONObject jo = ja.optJSONObject(i);
             if (jo != null) {
-                sb.append(rowToString(jo.toJSONArray(names)));
+                sb.append(rowToString(jo.toJSONArray(names), delimiter));
             }
         }
         return sb.toString();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/CDLTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/CDLTest.java
index f3364fb..cc3da29 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/CDLTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/CDLTest.java
@@ -24,14 +24,13 @@ public class CDLTest {
      * String of lines where the column names are in the first row,
      * and all subsequent rows are values. All keys and values should be legal.
      */
-    String lines = new String(
-            "Col 1, Col 2,  \tCol 3, Col 4, Col 5, Col 6, Col 7\n" +
-            "val1, val2, val3, val4, val5, val6, val7\n" +
-            "1, 2, 3, 4\t, 5, 6, 7\n" +
-            "true, false, true, true, false, false, false\n" +
-            "0.23, 57.42, 5e27, -234.879, 2.34e5, 0.0, 9e-3\n" +
-            "\"va\tl1\", \"v\bal2\", \"val3\", \"val\f4\", \"val5\", va\'l6, val7\n"
-    );
+    private static final String LINES = "Col 1, Col 2,  \tCol 3, Col 4, Col 5, Col 6, Col 7\n" +
+			"val1, val2, val3, val4, val5, val6, val7\n" +
+			"1, 2, 3, 4\t, 5, 6, 7\n" +
+			"true, false, true, true, false, false, false\n" +
+			"0.23, 57.42, 5e27, -234.879, 2.34e5, 0.0, 9e-3\n" +
+			"\"va\tl1\", \"v\bal2\", \"val3\", \"val\f4\", \"val5\", va'l6, val7\n";
+
 
     /**
      * CDL.toJSONArray() adds all values as strings, with no filtering or 
@@ -39,12 +38,11 @@ public class CDLTest {
      * values all must be quoted in the cases where the JSONObject parsing 
      * might normally convert the value into a non-string. 
      */
-    String expectedLines = new String(
-            "[{Col 1:val1, Col 2:val2, Col 3:val3, Col 4:val4, Col 5:val5, Col 6:val6, Col 7:val7}, "+
-            "{Col 1:\"1\", Col 2:\"2\", Col 3:\"3\", Col 4:\"4\", Col 5:\"5\", Col 6:\"6\", Col 7:\"7\"}, "+
-            "{Col 1:\"true\", Col 2:\"false\", Col 3:\"true\", Col 4:\"true\", Col 5:\"false\", Col 6:\"false\", Col 7:\"false\"}, "+
-            "{Col 1:\"0.23\", Col 2:\"57.42\", Col 3:\"5e27\", Col 4:\"-234.879\", Col 5:\"2.34e5\", Col 6:\"0.0\", Col 7:\"9e-3\"}, "+
-            "{Col 1:\"va\tl1\", Col 2:\"v\bal2\", Col 3:val3, Col 4:\"val\f4\", Col 5:val5, Col 6:va\'l6, Col 7:val7}]");
+    private static final String EXPECTED_LINES = "[{Col 1:val1, Col 2:val2, Col 3:val3, Col 4:val4, Col 5:val5, Col 6:val6, Col 7:val7}, " +
+			"{Col 1:\"1\", Col 2:\"2\", Col 3:\"3\", Col 4:\"4\", Col 5:\"5\", Col 6:\"6\", Col 7:\"7\"}, " +
+			"{Col 1:\"true\", Col 2:\"false\", Col 3:\"true\", Col 4:\"true\", Col 5:\"false\", Col 6:\"false\", Col 7:\"false\"}, " +
+			"{Col 1:\"0.23\", Col 2:\"57.42\", Col 3:\"5e27\", Col 4:\"-234.879\", Col 5:\"2.34e5\", Col 6:\"0.0\", Col 7:\"9e-3\"}, " +
+			"{Col 1:\"va\tl1\", Col 2:\"v\bal2\", Col 3:val3, Col 4:\"val\f4\", Col 5:val5, Col 6:va'l6, Col 7:val7}]";
 
     /**
      * Attempts to create a JSONArray from a null string.
@@ -194,8 +192,7 @@ public class CDLTest {
     public void emptyString() {
         String emptyStr = "";
         JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(emptyStr);
-        assertTrue("CDL should return null when the input string is empty",
-                jsonArray == null);
+		assertNull("CDL should return null when the input string is empty", jsonArray);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -254,7 +251,7 @@ public class CDLTest {
         jsonObject.put("Col \r1", "V1");
         // \r will be filtered from value
         jsonObject.put("Col 2", "V2\r");
-        assertTrue("expected length should be 1",jsonArray.length() == 1);
+		assertEquals("expected length should be 1", 1, jsonArray.length());
         String cdlStr = CDL.toString(jsonArray);
         jsonObject = jsonArray.getJSONObject(0);
         assertTrue(cdlStr.contains("\"Col 1\""));
@@ -268,8 +265,15 @@ public class CDLTest {
      */
     @Test
     public void textToJSONArray() {
-        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(this.lines);
-        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(this.expectedLines);
+        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(LINES);
+        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(EXPECTED_LINES);
+        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonArrays(jsonArray, expectedJsonArray);
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void textToJSONArrayPipeDelimited() {
+        char delimiter = '|';
+        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(LINES.replaceAll(",", String.valueOf(delimiter)), delimiter);
+        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(EXPECTED_LINES);
         Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonArrays(jsonArray, expectedJsonArray);
     }
 
@@ -293,10 +297,24 @@ public class CDLTest {
      */
     @Test
     public void textToJSONArrayAndBackToString() {
-        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(this.lines);
+        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(LINES);
         String jsonStr = CDL.toString(jsonArray);
         JSONArray finalJsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(jsonStr);
-        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(this.expectedLines);
+        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(EXPECTED_LINES);
+        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonArrays(finalJsonArray, expectedJsonArray);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a JSONArray from a string of lines,
+     * then convert to string and then back to JSONArray
+     * with a custom delimiter
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void textToJSONArrayAndBackToStringCustomDelimiter() {
+        JSONArray jsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(LINES, ',');
+        String jsonStr = CDL.toString(jsonArray, ';');
+        JSONArray finalJsonArray = CDL.toJSONArray(jsonStr, ';');
+        JSONArray expectedJsonArray = new JSONArray(EXPECTED_LINES);
         Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonArrays(finalJsonArray, expectedJsonArray);
     }