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June 8, 2015 12:48
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Generic CSV formatting extension that works on `IEnumerable<T>` and returns `IEnumerable<string>`
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public static class CsvExtensions | |
{ | |
// | |
// sample usage: | |
// | |
// var list = new object[] { | |
// new { Email = "svetlahristova0@gmail.bg", Name = "Свет.а Х,истова", UnsubscribeToken = "12\r34" }, | |
// new { Email = "test", Name = "11\"22", UnsubscribeToken = "5\n67" }, | |
// }; | |
// var csv = string.Join(Environment.NewLine, list.ToCsvTable()); | |
// | |
public static IEnumerable<string> ToCsvTable<T>(this IEnumerable<T> list, bool includeHeader = true) | |
{ | |
const string separator = ","; | |
const string quote = "\""; | |
const int cellLength = 32768; | |
var props = typeof(T) != typeof(object) ? typeof(T).GetProperties() : null; | |
if (includeHeader) | |
{ | |
var sb = new StringBuilder(); | |
bool second = false; | |
foreach (var prop in props ?? list.First().GetType().GetProperties()) | |
{ | |
sb.Append(second ? separator : null).Append(prop.Name); | |
second = true; | |
} | |
yield return sb.ToString(); | |
} | |
var escapeChars = new char[] { separator[0], quote[0], Environment.NewLine[0], Environment.NewLine.Last() }; | |
foreach (var obj in list) | |
{ | |
var sb = new StringBuilder(); | |
bool second = false; | |
foreach (var prop in props ?? obj.GetType().GetProperties()) | |
{ | |
sb.Append(second ? separator : null); | |
second = true; | |
var value = prop.GetValue(obj, null); | |
if (value != null) | |
{ | |
if (value is DateTime) | |
{ | |
var output = ((DateTime)value); | |
sb.Append(output.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd" + (output.TimeOfDay.TotalSeconds != 0 ? " HH:mm:ss" : null))); | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
var output = value.ToString(); | |
// quote string on either containing escape characters or length overflow only | |
if (output.IndexOfAny(escapeChars) < 0 && output.Length < cellLength) | |
{ | |
sb.Append(output); | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
output = output.Replace(quote, quote + quote); | |
sb.Append(quote + (output.Length > cellLength - 3 ? output.Substring(1, cellLength - 3) : output) + quote); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
yield return sb.ToString(); | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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