CsvAsString Method

Converts the contents of data to a comma-separated values String (CSV, RFC 4180).

Definition

Namespace: FolkerKinzel.CsvTools
Assembly: FolkerKinzel.CsvTools (in FolkerKinzel.CsvTools.dll) Version: 2.0.1+2345335399184346d9b2cc992ed5c814406052c1

C#

public static string AsString(
	IEnumerable<IEnumerable<Object?>?> data,
	char delimiter = ',',
	IFormatProvider? formatProvider = null,
	string? format = null
)

VB

Public Shared Function AsString ( 
	data As IEnumerable(Of IEnumerable(Of Object)),
	Optional delimiter As Char = ","C,
	Optional formatProvider As IFormatProvider = Nothing,
	Optional format As String = Nothing
) As String

C++

public:
static String^ AsString(
	IEnumerable<IEnumerable<Object^>^>^ data, 
	wchar_t delimiter = L',', 
	IFormatProvider^ formatProvider = nullptr, 
	String^ format = nullptr
)

F#

static member AsString : 
        data : IEnumerable<IEnumerable<Object>> * 
        ?delimiter : char * 
        ?formatProvider : IFormatProvider * 
        ?format : string 
(* Defaults:
        let _delimiter = defaultArg delimiter ','
        let _formatProvider = defaultArg formatProvider null
        let _format = defaultArg format null
*)
-> string

Parameters

data IEnumerableIEnumerableObject

The data to convert.

delimiter Char (Optional)

The field separator character.

formatProvider IFormatProvider (Optional)

The provider to use to format the value.

- or -

A null reference for InvariantCulture.

format String (Optional)

A format String to use for all items that implement IFormattable.

- or -

A null reference to use the default format for each item.

Return Value

String
A CSV-String containing the contents of data.

Remarks

For serialization ToString(String, IFormatProvider) is used if the item implements IFormattable, otherwise ToString.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException	data is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	delimiter is either the double quotes " or a line break character ('\r' or '\n').