How to create CSV Excel file C#? [closed]

Answer 1

If anyone would like I converted this to an extension method on IEnumerable:

public static class ListExtensions
{
    public static string ExportAsCSV(this IEnumerable listToExport, bool includeHeaderLine, string delimeter)
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        IList propertyInfos = typeof(T).GetProperties();

        if (includeHeaderLine)
        {
            foreach (PropertyInfo propertyInfo in propertyInfos)
            {
                sb.Append(propertyInfo.Name).Append(",");
            }
            sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1).AppendLine();
        }

        foreach (T obj in listToExport)
        {
            T localObject = obj;

            var line = String.Join(delimeter, propertyInfos.Select(x => SanitizeValuesForCSV(x.GetValue(localObject, null), delimeter)));

            sb.AppendLine(line);
        }

        return sb.ToString();
    }

    private static string SanitizeValuesForCSV(object value, string delimeter)
    {
        string output;

        if (value == null) return "";

        if (value is DateTime)
        {
            output = ((DateTime)value).ToLongDateString();
        }
        else
        {
            output = value.ToString();                
        }

        if (output.Contains(delimeter) || output.Contains("\""))
            output = '"' + output.Replace("\"", "\"\"") + '"';

        output = output.Replace("\n", " ");
        output = output.Replace("\r", "");

        return output;
    }
}