In C#, how can I create a TextReader object from a string (without writing to disk)
Use System.IO.StringReader :
using(TextReader sr = new StringReader(yourstring))
{
DoSomethingWithATextReader(sr);
}
Use the StringReader
class, which inherits TextReader
.
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();
}