Does any one know of a faster method to do String.Split()?

Question

I am reading each line of a CSV file and need to get the individual values in each column. So right now I am just using:

values = line.Split(delimiter);
         


        

Answer 1

CSV parsing is actually fiendishly complex to get right, I used classes based on wrapping the ODBC Text driver the one and only time I had to do this.

The ODBC solution recommended above looks at first glance to be basically the same approach.

I thoroughly recommend you do some research on CSV parsing before you get too far down a path that nearly-but-not-quite works (all too common). The Excel thing of only double-quoting strings that need it is one of the trickiest to deal with in my experience.