CsvOpenWrite(String, Int32, Char, Encoding) Method

Initializes a CsvWriter to write a CSV file without header row.

Definition

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

C#

public static CsvWriter OpenWrite(
	string filePath,
	int columnsCount,
	char delimiter = ',',
	Encoding? textEncoding = null
)

VB

Public Shared Function OpenWrite ( 
	filePath As String,
	columnsCount As Integer,
	Optional delimiter As Char = ","C,
	Optional textEncoding As Encoding = Nothing
) As CsvWriter

C++

public:
static CsvWriter^ OpenWrite(
	String^ filePath, 
	int columnsCount, 
	wchar_t delimiter = L',', 
	Encoding^ textEncoding = nullptr
)

F#

static member OpenWrite : 
        filePath : string * 
        columnsCount : int * 
        ?delimiter : char * 
        ?textEncoding : Encoding 
(* Defaults:
        let _delimiter = defaultArg delimiter ','
        let _textEncoding = defaultArg textEncoding null
*)
-> CsvWriter

Parameters

filePath String: File path of the CSV file.
columnsCount Int32: Number of columns in the CSV file.
delimiter Char (Optional): The field separator character.
textEncoding Encoding (Optional): The text encoding to be used or null for UTF8.

Return Value

CsvWriter
A CsvWriter instance that allows you to write data as a CSV file.

Remarks

Creates a new CSV file. If the target file already exists, it is truncated and overwritten.

When exchanging CSV data with Excel, the appropriate arguments can be determined with GetExcelArguments.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException	filePath is null.
ArgumentException	filePath is not a valid file path.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	columnsCount is negative. - or - delimiter is either the double quotes " or a line break character ('\r' or '\n').
IOException	I/O error.