CsvSharp

CSV Serializer & Deserializer for C#

Installation

Csv.Csharp is available on NuGet

PM> Install-Package Csv.Csharp -version 1.0.3

Getting Started

A basic use of the project something like this...

genius.csv without column names

Galileu;Galilei;1564-02-15
Isaac;Newton;1643-04-01
Albert;Einstein;1879-03-13

Genius class

using CsvSharp.Attributes;

public class Genius
{
    public string FirstName { get; set; }

    public string LastName { get; set; }
	
    [CsvDateTimeFormat("yyyy-MM-dd")]
    public DateTime BirthDate { get; set; }
}

using CsvSharp;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;

void Main()
{
    //Read string lines csv file
    var lines = File.ReadLines(@"path\to\file.csv");
    
    //Get collection from string lines
    IEnumerable<Genius> collection = CsvConvert.Deserialize<Genius>(lines, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
}

Result list

FirstName	LastName	BirthDate
Galileu	Galilei	1564-02-15 00:00:00
Isaac	Newton	1643-04-01 00:00:00
Albert	Einstein	1879-03-13 00:00:00

using CsvSharp;
using System;
using System.Globalization;

void Main()
{
    IEnumerable<Genius> collection = ...
    
    //Get string text from collection
    string text = CsvConvert.Serialize(collection, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
    
    Console.WriteLine(text);
}

Result text

Galileu;Galilei;1564-02-15
Isaac;Newton;1643-04-01
Albert;Einstein;1879-03-13