[2.0] Need to read and Ascii file

[bnathvbdotnet]

Howdy all,

I need to read ascii files (comma separated) using C# .

Which libraries or namespaces should I be using to accomplish.

thanks
nath

[jmcilhinney]

You can use ADO.NET to access CSV files in a folder as though they were tables in a database. As is always the case with ADO.NET, it is almost exactly the same as using any other data source. See www.connectionstrings.com for more details.

Alternatively you can use a StreamReader to read the file all at once or line by line. You can then use the String.Split method to separate a line into an array of strings with the delimiters removed. There are examples all over the forums, although the majority may be in VB.NET.