Question

I have this line, how do I append text with the varaibles to make up the headings?

  StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
  week6 = model.SelectedSunday.AddDays(-7);
  week5 = week6.AddDays(-7);
  week4 = week5.AddDays(-7);
  week3 = week4.AddDays(-7);
  week2 = week3.AddDays(-7);
  week1 = week2.AddDays(-7);
  sb.AppendLine("Title, Total, " week6, week5, week4, week3, week2, week1 );

and also this code:

 var tradesmenReportData = _reportingService.GetTradeUKKPITradesmen(model.SelectedSunday);
  var jobSortedReportData = _reportingService.GetTradeUKKPIJobSorted(model.SelectedSunday);
  foreach (var item in tradesmenReportData)
  {
    sb.AppendLine(String.Concat("\"", item.Title, "\", item.Total, "\", item.Week6, "\", ", item.Week5, "\", ", item.Week4, "\", ", item.Week3, "\", ", item.Week2, "\", ", item.Week1));

  }

In the output file(excel), the values has a ” appended to the values? Somewhere in above line there is an extra “.Where have I gone wrong?

thanks

Answer 1

sb.AppendFormat("Title, Total, {0}, {1}, {2}, {3}, {4}, {5}", week6, week5, week4, week3, week2, week1 );

the AppendFormat overload will replace the place holders with the parameters you pass to the method (week6/week5 etc).

For the second snippet, you can use this again:

sb.AppendFormat("\"{0}\", \"{1}\", \"{2}\", \"{3}\", \"{4}\", \"{5}\", \"{6}\", \"{7}\"", item.Title, item.Total, item.Week6, item.Week5, item.Week4, item.Week3, item.Week2, item.Week1);