Question

I have a sample CSV file as follows

1. 1,A
2. 2,B
3. 3,C

Code:

var query = File.ReadAllLines("test.txt")
            .Select(record => record.Split(','))
            .Select(tokens => new { clearNum = tokens[0], MPID = tokens[1] });

foreach (var item in query)
{
    Console.WriteLine("{0}, {1}", item.clearNum, item.MPID);
}

I am able to print the items.

I need to send the output of LINQ query to LIST

public class icSASList
{
public string ClearNum { get; set; }
public string MPID { get; set; }
}

List clearList = new List;

Answer 1

After considering the accepted answer, I’d like to suggest a solution that requires less object initializations. If the list is large, this will make a difference.

var query = File.ReadAllLines("test.txt")
.Select(record => record.Split(','))
.Select(tokens => new icSASList(){ ClearNum = tokens[0], MPID = tokens[1] }); 

var clearList = query.ToList();

Oh, yeah, using record.Split(',') is naive – it’s normally allowed to have commas in ” (quoted) fields, which will break your program. Better use something like http://www.filehelpers.com/.