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Csv Parser

        
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

namespace hollyathome.utilities
{
    public class CsvParser
    {
        private List<List<string>> dataRows = new List<List<string>>();
        private Encoding encoding;

        public CsvParser(Stream csvStream, Encoding encoding)
        {
            StreamReader csvReader = new StreamReader(csvStream, encoding);
            ParseCsvStream(csvReader);
            this.encoding = encoding;
        }

        public string GetValue(int row, int col)
        {
            return dataRows[row][col];
        }

        public void SetValue(int row, int col, string value)
        {
            dataRows[row][col] = value;
        }

        public void ParseCsvStream(StreamReader textReader)
        {
            bool inQuotedString = false;
            int lineLength = 0;
            int charPos = 0;
            List<string> dataRow = new List<string>();
            List<char> data = new List<char>();
            string input;

            while ((input = textReader.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                lineLength = input.Length;

                //Loop the input line char by char
                for (charPos = 0; charPos < lineLength; charPos++)
                {
                    char curChar = input[charPos];

                    if (charPos == 0 && curChar == ',')
                        dataRow.Add(string.Empty);
                    else if (charPos > 0 && curChar == ',' && !inQuotedString)
                    {
                        dataRow.Add(new String(data.ToArray<char>()));
                        data = new List<char>();
                    }
                    else if (curChar == '"')
                    {
                        data.Add(curChar);
                        inQuotedString = !inQuotedString;
                    }
                    else
                        data.Add(curChar);
                }

                //I'm at the end of the line, but the newline might be part of the data. If so replace the 
                //newline that ReadLine swallowed earlier
                if (inQuotedString)
                {
                    data.Add('\r');
                    data.Add('\n');
                }
                else //Otherwise store the row, start a fresh row and carry on.
                {
                    dataRow.Add(new String(data.ToArray<char>()));
                    data = new List<char>();

                    dataRows.Add(dataRow);
                    dataRow = new List<string>();
                }
            }
        }

        public void Save(string path)
        {
            StreamWriter textWriter = new StreamWriter(path, false, encoding);
            string seperator = "";

            foreach (List<string> row in dataRows)
            {
                foreach (string data in row)
                {
                    textWriter.Write(String.Format("{0}{1}", seperator, data));

                    if (seperator == "")
                        seperator = ",";
                }

                seperator = "";
                textWriter.Write(Environment.NewLine);
            }

            textWriter.Close();
        }
    }
}

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  








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