I am using the below function
to import a csv
file into a datatable
object csvData
, however i face an oject reference
issue that i'd like to understand more while using Regex.Replace
to remove quote marks from the data:
private static DataTable Gettabledata(string cpath)
{
DataTable csvData = new DataTable();
try
{
using (TextFieldParser csvReader = new TextFieldParser(cpath))
{
csvReader.SetDelimiters(new string[] { "," });
csvReader.HasFieldsEnclosedInQuotes = true;
string[] colFields = csvReader.ReadFields();
foreach (string column in colFields)
{
DataColumn datecolumn = new DataColumn(column);
datecolumn.AllowDBNull = true;
csvData.Columns.Add(datecolumn);
}
while (!csvReader.EndOfData)
{
string[] fieldData = csvReader.ReadFields();
string pattern="\""; % remove quotation mark "
string replacement=""; % replace by empty.(eg "a", a)
Regex rgx = new Regex(pattern);
for (int i = 0; i < fieldData.Length; i++)
fieldData[i] = Regex.Replace(fieldData[i],pattern, replacement); %object reference issue
{
if (fieldData[i] == "")
{
fieldData[i] = null;
}
}
csvData.Rows.Add(fieldData);
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
return csvData;
}
The
fieldData[i] = Regex.Replace(fieldData[i],pattern, replacement);
is outside the{...}
block. It should be inside it.