README.md

TinyCSV

Tiny CSV toolkit for .NET. Easy to read and write CSV table.

Feature

• Easy to read and write csv table.
• Custom header lines.
• Support choose new line style:

Environment	Unix	NonUnix
Environment.NewLine	\n	\r\n

• Support cell's form:

contain cells separators	contain double quotes	custom cells separator	multiline
√	√	√	√

• You can custom cells separator. Default is comma.
• You can choose whether to support multiline cells. Default is support.

Usage

More examples can be found in the TinyCSV.Example.

Reading a CSV file

var csv = File.ReadAllText("sample.csv");
//Create csv reader form csv content, custom cell separator.
CSVTableReader csvTableReader = new CSVTableReader(csv, 2, ',');

Writing a CSV file

//Create a empty csv writer.
CSVTableWriter csvTableWriter = new CSVTableWriter()
    //Add headers.
    .AddHeader(new CSVRecordWriter {"Data1", "Data2"})
    .AddHeader(new CSVRecordWriter {"string", "int"})
    //Add records.
    .AddRecord(new CSVRecordWriter()
        .Add("string with double quote\" and comma, and \n\\n and \r\n\\r\\n")
        .Add("1"));
//Get csv form string, custom cell separator and choose new line style.
string csv = csvTableWriter.GetEncodeTable(',', NewLineStyle.NonUnix);
//Create csv writer from csv content.
CSVTableWriter csvTableWriter2 = new CSVTableWriter(csv, 2);

Requirements

TinyCSV currently targets and supports

• .NET Framework 4.0 and above.