Seperator Property (CsvWriter)

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

Syntax

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

Public Property Seperator As Char

Dim instance As CsvWriter
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

//Example Class
public class Person
{
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    public DateTime BirthDate { get; set; }
}
 
CsvWriter csvWriter = new CsvWriter(); //Trial Mode
//CsvWriter csvWriter = new CsvWriter("place user name here", "place license key here"); //License Mode
 
//Change to tab delimited
csvWriter.Seperator = '\t';
 
List<Person> persons = new List<Person>();
Person person1 = new Person();
person1.FirstName = "John";
person1.LastName = "Smith";
person1.BirthDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-1);
persons.Add(person1);
 
string result = csvWriter.ClassListToCsvString(persons);
Console.WriteLine(result);

VB.NET

'Example Class
Public Class Person
    Public Property FirstName() As String
    Public Property LastName() As String
    Public Property BirthDate() As Date
End Class
 
Dim csvWriter As New CsvWriter() 'Trial Mode
'Dim csvWriter As New CsvWriter("place user name here", "place license key here") 'License Mode
 
'Change to tab delimited
csvWriter.Seperator = ControlChars.Tab
 
Dim persons As New List(Of Person)()
Dim person1 As New Person()
person1.FirstName = "John"
person1.LastName = "Smith"
person1.BirthDate = Date.Now.AddDays(-1)
persons.Add(person1)
 
Dim result As String = csvWriter.ClassListToCsvString(persons)
Console.WriteLine(result)

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

CsvWriter Class
CsvWriter Members