Saving to a CSV File from C#.

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I have data(list of horse names) that I want to create a program for. The program I want to create will save the horse names to a csv file but then I want to be able to limit the number of horse names that are transferred to the file each time, there's 100 names, I want to be able to at times pick ten, then another time pick fifteen? I'm trying to do this via a console application and want to input the horses names at the time of coding, instead of via the console, I just want to randomly generate the names into a csv file. Its for a show.

Can anyone help me do this?

Posted 10-Oct-13 0:26am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2013-10-10T00:41:00

If you just want the horse names, then possibly CSV is a little overkill - a simple list with one name per line is easy to read and write and needs no special processing:
Assuming you have your names in an array (just the ten you are interested in)
Write:

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File.WriteAllLines(path, horses);

Read:

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string[] horses = File.ReadAllLines(path);

If you have to use CSV, then see here: Reading and Writing CSV Files in C#[^] for a quick and simple version.