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

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Do you wish to read the file contents, or simply the file extension??? — Adriaan Stander, Dec 22 '10 at 05:57
duplicates http://stackoverflow.com/questions/906841/csv-parser-reader-for-c & http://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, Dec 22 '10 at 06:03
possible duplicate of [Reading CSV files in .NET?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1405038/reading-csv-files-in-net) — Kirk Broadhurst, Aug 12 '13 at 23:44

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 22 '10 at 06:01

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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 '10 at 06:01

Kirk Broadhurst

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That ones going to cause problems if the data contains embedded commas or double quotes. – Jonathan Wood Dec 22 '10 at 06:12
Very true. If I have to suffer with delimited files I always insist on non-comma delimited; tab or pipe delimited is much better. – Kirk Broadhurst Dec 22 '10 at 06:32
@ShrutiKapoor what do you mean? What's changed - which part doesn't work? – Kirk Broadhurst Aug 12 '13 at 23:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 22 '10 at 06:04

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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/

answered Dec 22 '10 at 06:04

My Other Me

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