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April 14, 2015 19:40
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Simple (Very) C# Extension Method for conversion to a CSV list
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public static string ToCsv<T>(string separator, IEnumerable<T> objectlist) | |
{ | |
Type t = typeof(T); | |
FieldInfo[] fields = t.GetFields(); | |
string header = String.Join(separator, fields.Select(f => f.Name).ToArray()); | |
StringBuilder csvdata = new StringBuilder(); | |
csvdata.AppendLine(header); | |
foreach (var o in objectlist) | |
{ | |
csvdata.AppendLine(ToCsvFields(separator, fields, o)); | |
} | |
return csvdata.ToString(); | |
} | |
public static string ToCsvFields(string separator, FieldInfo[] fields, object o) | |
{ | |
StringBuilder line = new StringBuilder(); | |
foreach (var f in fields) | |
{ | |
if (line.Length > 0) | |
line.Append(separator); | |
var x = f.GetValue(o); | |
if (x != null) | |
line.Append(x.ToString()); | |
} | |
return line.ToString(); | |
} |
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