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// LINQPad Example | |
// Updated from http://davefancher.com/2010/04/16/linq-ienumerable-to-datatable/ | |
// Defines an extension method that creates a new System.Data.DataTable from an IEnumerable<T> | |
// Even works with anonymous types | |
public static class IEnumerableExtensions | |
{ | |
public static DataTable ConvertToDataTable<TSource>(this IEnumerable<TSource> source) | |
{ | |
var props = typeof(TSource).GetProperties(); | |
var dt = new DataTable(); | |
foreach (var p in props) | |
{ | |
dt.Columns.Add(p.Name, p.PropertyType); | |
} | |
foreach (var r in source) | |
{ | |
dt.Rows.Add(props.Select(p => p.GetValue(r, null)).ToArray()); | |
} | |
return dt; | |
} | |
} | |
void Main() | |
{ | |
new[] { | |
new { ID = 1, Name = "Dave", DOB = DateTime.Parse("1978-08-02"), Amount = 1.23d, Flag = true }, | |
new { ID = 2, Name = "Fancher", DOB = DateTime.Parse("2001-02-03"), Amount = 2.34d, Flag = false } | |
}.ConvertToDataTable() | |
.Dump(); | |
} |
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