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Asked: 2026-06-17T19:51:13+00:00

I have a client who has asked us to write a c# application that

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I have a client who has asked us to write a c# application that takes data from their database and output it to a .csv file. So far so good.

This DB contains some unicode characters and when the client opens up the .csv with Excel those characters look “weird”. Ex: x0096 looks like an A with a carrot on top next to the Euro currency sign, when the client thinks it should look like a Dash.

So I have been asked to make those characters look “not wierd”.

I have written code for each weird character (I have like 12 of the below lines).

input = input.Replace((char)weirdCharacter, (char)normalCharacter);

There has got to be a better way.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I had the same problem when I was generating HTML files. The solution for me was to change the encoding of my output file.

    StreamWriter swHTMLPage = 
                new System.IO.StreamWriter(OutputFileName, false, Encoding.UTF8);

    Once I added the Encoding.UTF8 parameter the characters started displaying correctly. I don’t know if this can be applied to your solution though since Excel is involved, but I am betting it can be.

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