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Asked: 2026-06-10T05:22:59+00:00

The problem is not the exporting itself but how it separates the fields with

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The problem is not the exporting itself but how it separates the fields with comma’s and I have commas in the fields. All works fine until it gets to the last field where the string contains a comma, it delimits it

My code:

  foreach (var item in jobSortedReportData)
  {
       sb.Append("\"").Append(item.Title).Append("\",\"").Append(item.Total).Append("\",\"").Append(item.Week6).Append("\",\"").Append(item.Week5).Append("\",\"").Append(item.Week4).Append("\",\"").Append(item.Week3).Append("\",\"").Append(item.Week2).Append("\",").Append(item.Week1).Append(Environment.NewLine);                     
  }

  byte[] textBytes2 = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(sb.ToString());

the output this generates:

 Number 1 Job Search    0   **Bathroom Fitter, Plumbing: 100**  Carpenter, Joinery: 99  Carpenter, Joinery: 81  Carpenter, Joinery: 209 Electrician, Domestic Electrical: 495   **Bathroom Fitter    Plumbing: 112**
 Number 2 Job Search    0   Carpenter, Joinery: 97  Bathroom Fitter, Plumbing: 99   Bathroom Fitter, Plumbing: 79   Bathroom Fitter, Plumbing: 150  Bathroom Fitter, Plumbing: 453  Builder  Window Installation: 75
 Number 3 Job Search    0   Builder, Window Installation: 85    Building Contractor, Kitchen Fitting: 97    Plumber, Bathroom Fitting: 51   Builder, Window Installation: 134   Heating Engineer, Gas Installation: 451 Bathroom Fitter  Bathroom Fitting: 74

raw view:

"Number 3 Job Search","0","Builder, Window Installation: 85","Building Contractor, Kitchen     Fitting: 97","Plumber, Bathroom Fitting: 51","Builder, Window Installation: 134","Heating Engineer, Gas Installation: 451",Bathroom Fitter, Bathroom Fitting: 74 
"Number 1 Tradesmen Search","0","Painter & Decorator: 316","Painter & Decorator: 229","Painter & Decorator: 146","Builder: 324","TV Aerials & In-home Entertainment Installer: 1378",Electrician: 247 
"Number 2 Tradesmen Search","0","Builder: 171","Builder: 191","Plumber: 114","Plumber: 295","Builder: 551",Builder: 205 
"Number 3 Tradesmen Search","0","Plumber: 123","Plumber: 160","Builder: 108","Painter & Decorator: 231","Domestic Electrical: 495",Painter & Decorator: 160

In the above, "Bathroom Fitter, Plumbing: 100" in the 3rd column contains a , but it keeps the whole string in one excel field. When it comes to the last column "Bathroom Fitter Plumbing: 112" there is a , in the string between Fitter and Plumbing, so what happens now is this , is seen as a separator so when in excel it split this in TWO cells, thus I have Bathroom Fitter in one cell and Plumbing:112 in the next. The whole string should be in ONE cell. It does this only on the last column?? please help me correct this.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Its hard to see with out the raw csv but rememeber that you need to use text qualifiers if a CSV field contains commas to prevent it thinking it is a column. So the raw CSV should look like this to get consistent results:

    “Bathroom Fitter, Plumbing: 100”,next column, “column with comma”.

    EDIT: Now I have seen the raw shouldn’t the code look like this at the end? I don’t think your adding the text qualifiers on the last field:

    ...Append(item.Week2).Append("\",\"").Append(item.Week1).Append("\"").Append(Environment.NewLine);
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