CsvConverterExtensionToCsvTSource(IEnumerableTSource, Int32, CsvFromTSource, Char) Method

Converts a collection of TSource instances to a CSV String without a header row.

Definition

Namespace: FolkerKinzel.CsvTools.Mappings
Assembly: FolkerKinzel.CsvTools.Mappings (in FolkerKinzel.CsvTools.Mappings.dll) Version: 1.1.0+1263e8243dc2cd78095f678f813d7d9c52ea4315

C#

public static string ToCsv<TSource>(
	this IEnumerable<TSource> data,
	int columnsCount,
	CsvFrom<TSource> converter,
	char delimiter = ','
)

VB

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function ToCsv(Of TSource) ( 
	data As IEnumerable(Of TSource),
	columnsCount As Integer,
	converter As CsvFrom(Of TSource),
	Optional delimiter As Char = ","C
) As String

C++

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
generic<typename TSource>
static String^ ToCsv(
	IEnumerable<TSource>^ data, 
	int columnsCount, 
	CsvFrom<TSource>^ converter, 
	wchar_t delimiter = L','
)

F#

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member ToCsv : 
        data : IEnumerable<'TSource> * 
        columnsCount : int * 
        converter : CsvFrom<'TSource> * 
        ?delimiter : char 
(* Defaults:
        let _delimiter = defaultArg delimiter ','
*)
-> string

Parameters

data IEnumerableTSource: The data to convert to CSV. Each item will be represented with a CSV row.
columnsCount Int32: Number of columns in the CSV file.
converter CsvFromTSource: An object that converts a TSource instance to a CSV row.
delimiter Char (Optional): The field separator character.

Type Parameters

TSource: Generic type parameter for the data type to write as CSV row.

Return Value

String
A CSV String without header row that contains the contents of data.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type IEnumerableTSource. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException	data or converter is null.
IOException	I/O error.