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Read comma separated value into DataSet

Read comma separated value into DataSet

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;

class Class1{
    static void Main(string[] args){
         DataSet myDataSet = GetData();
         foreach (DataColumn c in myDataSet.Tables["TheData"].Columns){
            Console.Write("{0,-20}",c.ColumnName);
         }
         Console.WriteLine();

         foreach (DataRow r in myDataSet.Tables["TheData"].Rows)
         {
            foreach (DataColumn c in myDataSet.Tables["TheData"].Columns)
            {
               Console.Write("{0,-20}",r[c]);
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
         }
    }

    private static DataSet GetData(){
         string strLine;
         string[] strArray;
         char[] charArray = new char[] {','};
         DataSet ds = new DataSet();
         DataTable dt = ds.Tables.Add("TheData");
         FileStream aFile = new FileStream("csv.txt",FileMode.Open);
         StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(aFile);

         strLine = sr.ReadLine();

         strArray = strLine.Split(charArray);
         
         for(int x=0;x<=strArray.GetUpperBound(0);x++) {
            dt.Columns.Add(strArray[x].Trim());
         }
         
         strLine = sr.ReadLine();
         while(strLine != null) {
            strArray = strLine.Split(charArray);
            DataRow dr = dt.NewRow();
            for(int i=0;i<=strArray.GetUpperBound(0);i++) {
               dr[i] = strArray[i].Trim();
            }
            dt.Rows.Add(dr);
            strLine = sr.ReadLine();
         }
         sr.Close();
         return ds;
    }
}

// File: csv.txt
/*

1,2,3,4
5,6,7,8
*/


           
       








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