Support quoting all values

nortal / Utilities.Csv

Library to read and write CSV format according to RFC4180.

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Support quoting all values #4

Closed ImrePyhvel closed 7 years ago

ImrePyhvel commented 7 years ago

RFC4180 states:

Each field may or may not be enclosed in double quotes

Some users want to write a more verbose dialect by quoting all values.

Such feature could be exposed as option through CsvSettings class. It should be considered if a simple boolean is sufficient. Alternatives include handling nulls/empty strings differently.

ImrePyhvel commented 7 years ago

Added a setting QuotingMode to CsvSettings class with the following options:

Minimal - The default behavior. Quoting characters are added only when required by RFC4180.
QuoteAll - All values are wrapped in quotes regardless of value, including nulls and empty strings.

This setting applies only to writing CSV files. Parser continues to support both formats regardless of this configuration value.