Read CSV file in C#

Below is the C# code to read the data from CSV file to DataTable.

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using Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO; public DataTable ReadCSVData(StreamReader reader) { DataTable dtReadFileData = null; try { TextFieldParser parser = new TextFieldParser(reader); dtReadFileData = new DataTable(); parser.TextFieldType = FieldType.Delimited; parser.SetDelimiters(","); String[] stringRow = parser.ReadFields(); foreach(String field in stringRow) { dtReadFileData.Columns.Add(field, Type.GetType("System.String")); } while(!parser.EndOfData) { stringRow = parser.ReadFields(); dtReadFileData.Rows.Add(stringRow); } return dtReadFileData; } catch(Exception ex) { //Handle the exception } }