Seperator Property (CsvReader)

The seperator for the columns. Default is a comma. It can be changed to a pipe, tab, etc.

Syntax

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

Public Property Seperator As Char

Dim instance As CsvReader
Dim value As Char
 
instance.Seperator = value
 
value = instance.Seperator

public char Seperator {get; set;}

public:
property char Seperator {
   char get();
   void set (    char value);
}

Example

CsvReader csvReader = new CsvReader(); //Trial Mode
//CsvReader csvReader = new CsvReader("place user name here", "place license key here"); //License Mode
 
//Change to be tab delimited
csvReader.Seperator = '\t';
 
string tabDelimitedString = "FirstName\tLastName\r\nJohn\tSmith";
 
List<Dictionary<string, string>> result = csvReader.CsvStringToDictionary(tabDelimitedString);
 
Console.WriteLine(result[0]["FirstName"]);

VB.NET

Dim csvReader As New CsvReader() 'Trial Mode
'CsvReader csvReader = new CsvReader("place user name here", "place license key here"); //License Mode
 
'Change to be tab delimited
csvReader.Seperator = ControlChars.Tab
 
Dim tabDelimitedString As String = "FirstName" & vbTab & "LastName" & vbCrLf & "John" & vbTab & "Smith"
 
Dim result As List(Of Dictionary(Of String, String)) = csvReader.CsvStringToDictionary(tabDelimitedString)
 
Console.WriteLine(result(0)("FirstName"))

Requirements

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