Question

I’m trying to parse a CSV file in C#. Split on commas (,). I got it to work with this:

[\t,](?=(?:[^\"]|\"[^\"]*\")*$)

Splitting this string:

2012-01-06,"Some text with, comma",,"300,00","143,52"

Gives me:

2012-01-06
"Some text with, comma"

"300,00"
"143,52"

But I can’t figure out how to lose the “” from the output so I get this instead:

2012-01-06
Some text with, comma

300,00
143,52

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

If you are trying to parse a CSV and using .NET, don’t use regular expressions. Use a component that was created for this purpose. See the question CSV File Imports in .Net.

I know the CSV specification looks simple enough, but trust me, you are in for heartache and destruction if you continue down this path.