Question

I’ve got some large csv files that I need to import into IEnumerable (prob a list) so that I can do some “magic” on them before saving into a db. I don’t need every value (column) from the csv.

However, I can’t find a better alternative than this:

Read csv file by line
Split the line on ,
new MyObj{
  Prop1 = split[0],
  Prop2 = split[1],
  Prop3 = split[6],
  Prop4 = split[7],
  Prop5 = split[9]
}
Add new MyObj to List

This works and is quick enough, but seems very clunky?

Is there an alternative (other than add a ctor, which acheives the same as above).

Answer 1

You can use a CSV parser – there is one in the Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO namespace – the TextFieldParser.

FileHelpers is another popular option, and there are many free ones around (just search).