In C#, how can I create a TextReader object from a string (without writing to disk)

Question

I\'m using A Fast CSV Reader to parse some pasted text into a webpage. The Fast CSV reader requires a TextReader object, and all I have is a string. What\'s the best way to

Answer 1

StringReader is a TextReader (StreamReader is too, but for reading from streams). So taking your first example and just using it to construct the CsvReader rather than trying to construct a StreamReader from it first gives:

TextReader sr = new StringReader(TextBox_StartData.Text);
using(CsvReader csv = new CsvReader(sr, true))
{
  DetailsView1.DataSource = csv;
  DetailsView1.DataBind();
}