PixelatedLagg / LightCSV

A very lightweight CSV parser that lets you handle the conversion, so you can enjoy the speed.

LightCSV

A very lightweight CSV parser that balances speed and convenience, written in C#.

Installation

Use the following command:

dotnet add package LightCSV

Important Links

Nuget Page

Example

using LightCSV;

class Program
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        //Parse from CSV string
        CSVObject fromString = CSVObject.Parse("csvString");

        //Parse from CSV file
        CSVObject fromFile = CSVObject.ParseFromFile("file.csv");

        //Get the position of a string value
        fromFile.GetPosition("Test!");

        //Get a column from a value included in it
        fromFile.GetColumn("valueInColumn");

        //Get a row from a value included in it
        fromFile.GetRow("valueInRow");

        //Get a column by index
        fromFile.GetColumn(0);

        //Get a row by index
        fromFile.GetRow(0);

        //A matrix of all the string entries
        string[,] entries = fromFile.Entries;
    }
}

Some Considerations

LightCSV is liberal in what it accepts as values. The following values will be read accordingly:

 1 2 3 ,"hello!", testing...

" 1 2 3 "
"hello!"
" testing..."

However, LightCSV will not accept values that include line breaks ('\n').

Some other limitations include:

• Separation character cannot be ' ', '', or '"'
• File/string as parsing source cannot be empty