CsvStreamToStringList Method (CsvReader)

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Visual Basic (Usage)
C#
C++/CLI

Public Function CsvStreamToStringList( _
   ByVal stream As Stream _
) As List(Of List(Of String))

Dim instance As CsvReader
Dim stream As Stream
Dim value As List(Of List(Of String))
 
value = instance.CsvStreamToStringList(stream)

public List<List<string>> CsvStreamToStringList( 
   Stream stream
)

public:
List<List<String^>^>^ CsvStreamToStringList( 
   Stream^ stream
)

Parameters

stream: A CSV Stream

Return Value

A list of list strings

C#

CsvReader csvReader = new CsvReader(); //Trial Mode
//CsvReader csvReader = new CsvReader("place user name here", "place license key here"); //License Mode
 
//Create a test file
string filePath = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "testReader.csv");
File.WriteAllText(filePath, "Name,Birthdate\r\nJohn,5/30/2013");
 
List<List<string>> results;
 
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
{
    results = csvReader.CsvStreamToStringList(stream);
}
 
//Write out the first column name in the header
Console.WriteLine(results[0][0]);
 
//Write out the first column value in the first row
Console.WriteLine(results[1][0]);

VB.NET

Dim csvReader As New CsvReader() 'Trial Mode
'Dim csvReader As New CsvReader("place user name here", "place license key here") 'License Mode
 
'Create a test file
Dim filePath As String = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "testReader.csv")
File.WriteAllText(filePath, "Name,Birthdate" & vbCrLf & "John,5/30/2013")
 
Dim results As List(Of List(Of String))
 
Using stream As New FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
    results = csvReader.CsvStreamToStringList(stream)
End Using
 
'Write out the first column name in the header
Console.WriteLine(results(0)(0))
 
'Write out the first column value in the first row
Console.WriteLine(results(1)(0))

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

CsvReader Class
CsvReader Members