Meziantou.Framework

Introduction

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Meziantou.Framework.Csv reads and writes CSV data. CsvReader reads rows from any TextReader, such as a StreamReader over a file, and CsvWriter writes rows to any TextWriter. Every value is a string: the library splits and quotes the data, and you convert the values to the types you need.

What you can do with it

  • Read rows one at a time, without loading the whole file, and get each value by position or by the name of its column. See Reading CSV.
  • Read and write other formats that share the CSV rules, such as tab-separated values, with your own separator and quote characters.
  • Handle quoted values: separators, quotes and line breaks inside a value are read back as they were written.
  • Write rows at once or value by value, and let the writer quote the values that need it. See Writing CSV.

Namespace

Every type is in the Meziantou.Framework.Csv namespace: CsvReader, CsvRow, CsvColumn and CsvWriter.

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