Hashtable ht = new Hashtable();
using (TextFieldParser parser = new TextFieldParser(csv_file_path))
{
parser.TextFieldType = FieldType.Delimited;
parser.SetDelimiters(",");
while (!parser.EndOfData)
{
try
{
string[] fields = parser.ReadFields();
ht.Add(fields[0],fields[1]); //Here i need help how to insert specific columns value into a hashtable.
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// ...
}
}
}
foreach (string key in ht.Keys)
{
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0} : {1}", key, ht[key]));
}
Hi,
I want to read specific columns from my .csv file and store the values into a hashtable. The csv file contains total of 9 columns of which i want to read 4 columns and there values(Columns names are like PeopleId,HashValue,SecurityToken and Date).
Can you please suggest me the code to read the file data, as i am new to this.
According to your description, I think you want to read the specific columns from .csv file. I think you could use the
StreamReader reading the .csv file, and use the
String.Split() Method to divide the result and get the specific columns. The following is a sample, you could refer to it.
protected void GetCSVValue()
{
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(@"D:\CSVData.csv");
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
DataTable dt = CreateTable();
DataRow dr;
string s;
while (!sr.EndOfStream)
{
s = sr.ReadLine();
string[] str = s.Split(',');
dr = dt.NewRow();
//because the first line is header
string str1 = str[0].ToString();
if (!str1.Equals("Id"))
{
dr["Id"] = str[0].ToString();
dr["Name"] = str[1].ToString();
dt.Rows.Add(dr);
}
} // I test it using a GridView
GridView1.DataSource = dt;
GridView1.DataBind();
}
protected DataTable CreateTable()
{
// Create a new DataTable.
DataTable table = new DataTable("TestTable");
// Declare variables for DataColumn and DataRow objects.
DataColumn column;
DataRow row;
// Create new DataColumn, set DataType,
// ColumnName and add to DataTable.
column = new DataColumn();
column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Int32");
column.ColumnName = "Id";
column.ReadOnly = true;
column.Unique = true;
// Add the Column to the DataColumnCollection.
table.Columns.Add(column);
// Create second column.
column = new DataColumn();
column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.String");
column.ColumnName = "Name";
column.AutoIncrement = false;
column.Caption = "Name";
column.ReadOnly = false;
column.Unique = false;
// Add the column to the table.
table.Columns.Add(column);
// Make the ID column the primary key column.
DataColumn[] PrimaryKeyColumns = new DataColumn[1];
PrimaryKeyColumns[0] = table.Columns["Id"];
table.PrimaryKey = PrimaryKeyColumns;
return table;
}
Hope it can help you.
Best Regards,
Dillion
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String.Split() Method to divide the result and get the specific columns
You can not reliably read a CSV file by simply splitting on the separator (e.g. ','). The fields themselves can contain the separator in which case the split will return an incorrect result.
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Read specific columns and there values from .CSV file and store it in a hashtable using C#.net
Aug 01, 2014 12:07 AM|anand.sonawane|LINK
Hashtable ht = new Hashtable(); using (TextFieldParser parser = new TextFieldParser(csv_file_path)) { parser.TextFieldType = FieldType.Delimited; parser.SetDelimiters(","); while (!parser.EndOfData) { try { string[] fields = parser.ReadFields(); ht.Add(fields[0],fields[1]); //Here i need help how to insert specific columns value into a hashtable. } catch (Exception ex) { // ... } } } foreach (string key in ht.Keys) { Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0} : {1}", key, ht[key])); }Hi,
I want to read specific columns from my .csv file and store the values into a hashtable. The csv file contains total of 9 columns of which i want to read 4 columns and there values(Columns names are like PeopleId,HashValue,SecurityToken and Date).
Can you please suggest me the code to read the file data, as i am new to this.
Thanks,
Anand.
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Re: Read specific columns and there values from .CSV file and store it in a hashtable using C#.ne...
Aug 01, 2014 01:37 AM|akfkmupiwu|LINK
I would suggest to use filehelpers multirecordengine
You can define your record selector to read the required field.
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Re: Read specific columns and there values from .CSV file and store it in a hashtable using C#.ne...
Aug 02, 2014 08:39 AM|wim sturkenboom|LINK
A hashtable contains key / value pairs. So unless you combine columns, you can't. Also note that the key must be unique.
int key = 0; while (!parser.EndOfData) { try { string[] fields = parser.ReadFields(); ht.add(key++,String.Format("{0}|{1}|{2}|{3}", fields[0],fields[2],fields[3], fields[8])); } catch (Exception ex) { // ... } }An alternative is to make the value a new hashtable
int key = 0; while (!parser.EndOfData) { HashTable ht2 = new HashTable(); try { string[] fields = parser.ReadFields(); ht2.Add("col1", fields[1]); ht2.Add("col5", fields[5]); ht2.Add("col6", fields[6]); ht2.Add("col9", fields[9]); ht.add(key++, ht2); } catch (Exception ex) { // ... } }I'm not sure why you want to use a hashtable for this, a datatable might be a better option.
PS: none of the code is tested!
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Re: Read specific columns and there values from .CSV file and store it in a hashtable using C#.ne...
Aug 05, 2014 05:59 AM|Zhi Lv - MSFT|LINK
Hi anand,
According to your description, I think you want to read the specific columns from .csv file. I think you could use the StreamReader reading the .csv file, and use the String.Split() Method to divide the result and get the specific columns. The following is a sample, you could refer to it.
protected void GetCSVValue() { StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(@"D:\CSVData.csv"); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); DataTable dt = CreateTable(); DataRow dr; string s; while (!sr.EndOfStream) { s = sr.ReadLine(); string[] str = s.Split(','); dr = dt.NewRow(); //because the first line is header string str1 = str[0].ToString(); if (!str1.Equals("Id")) { dr["Id"] = str[0].ToString(); dr["Name"] = str[1].ToString(); dt.Rows.Add(dr); } }// I test it using a GridView GridView1.DataSource = dt; GridView1.DataBind(); } protected DataTable CreateTable() { // Create a new DataTable. DataTable table = new DataTable("TestTable"); // Declare variables for DataColumn and DataRow objects. DataColumn column; DataRow row; // Create new DataColumn, set DataType, // ColumnName and add to DataTable. column = new DataColumn(); column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Int32"); column.ColumnName = "Id"; column.ReadOnly = true; column.Unique = true; // Add the Column to the DataColumnCollection. table.Columns.Add(column); // Create second column. column = new DataColumn(); column.DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.String"); column.ColumnName = "Name"; column.AutoIncrement = false; column.Caption = "Name"; column.ReadOnly = false; column.Unique = false; // Add the column to the table. table.Columns.Add(column); // Make the ID column the primary key column. DataColumn[] PrimaryKeyColumns = new DataColumn[1]; PrimaryKeyColumns[0] = table.Columns["Id"]; table.PrimaryKey = PrimaryKeyColumns; return table; }
Hope it can help you.
Best Regards,
Dillion
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Re: Read specific columns and there values from .CSV file and store it in a hashtable using C#.ne...
Aug 05, 2014 07:43 AM|wim sturkenboom|LINK
You can not reliably read a CSV file by simply splitting on the separator (e.g. ','). The fields themselves can contain the separator in which case the split will return an incorrect result.