Which is the most performant way to read a large csv file in .NET?
Using FileStream? or another class?
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Which is the most performant way to read a large csv file in .NET?
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Which is the most performant way to read a large csv file in .NET?
Using FileStream? or another class?
Thanks!
If you want to read it all into memory, a simple
File.ReadAllText()will do just fine.EDIT: If your file is indeed very large, then you can use the
StreamReaderclass, see here for details. This approach is sometimes inevitable but should mostly be avoided for style reasons. See here for a more in-depth discussion.