How to read .csv file extension in .net C#

Question

Do you wish to read the file contents, or simply the file extension??? — Adriaan Stander
– Adriaan Stander, Commented Dec 22, 2010 at 5:57
duplicates stackoverflow.com/questions/906841/csv-parser-reader-for-c & stackoverflow.com/questions/1375410/very-simple-c-csv-reader - please search before asking a question. And this question definitely doesn't deserve an upvote! — Kirk Broadhurst
– Kirk Broadhurst, Commented Dec 22, 2010 at 6:03

Kirk Broadhurst · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-22 06:01:39Z

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I just write my own - it's a one-liner!

using System.IO.File; return ReadAllLines(@"C:\V3.txt").Select(line => line.Split(',')).ToList();

This will return a list where each item is a string[], contain each of the comma separated values.

answered Dec 22, 2010 at 6:01

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That ones going to cause problems if the data contains embedded commas or double quotes.

Very true. If I have to suffer with delimited files I always insist on non-comma delimited; tab or pipe delimited is much better.

@ShrutiKapoor what do you mean? What's changed - which part doesn't work?

My Other Me · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-22 06:04:55Z

FileHelper has mostly done the trick for me and it iss easy to use and has reasonable examples at the home page: http://www.filehelpers.com/