Convert CSV to byte array via C#

Native and high performance Microsoft Excel CSV to byte array conversion or vice versa for spreadsheets data processing using server side .NET APIs.

Byte Array is helpful for data processing or storing. You can convert CSV file to Byte Array as well as a Byte Array to CSV document using C# language. In order to convert CSV to byte array, we’ll use

Aspose.Cells for .NET

API that offers different features for document manipulation and conversion using .NET platform.

How to Convert CSV to Byte Array via C#

It is easy for the developers to load & convert CSV files to byte array for further manipulation tasks in just a few lines of code.

Include the namespace in your class file
Load input CSV File using Workbook
Initialize MemoryStream object
Convert stream data to byte array
Process data as of your requirement

System Requirements

Just make sure that system have Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with .NET Framework, .NET Core, Windows Azure, Mono or Xamarin Platforms as well as development environment like Microsoft Visual Studio.

Install from command line as nuget install Aspose.Cells or via Package Manager Console of Visual Studio with Install-Package Aspose.Cells.
Alternatively, get the offline MSI installer or all DLLs in a ZIP file from downloads

This sample code shows CSV to byte array C# Conversion

An Excel Spreadsheet Programming Library capable of building cross-platform applications with the ability to generate, modify, convert, render and print all Excel files. .NET Excel API not only convert between spreadsheet formats, it can also render Excel files including CSV as images, PDF, HTML, ODS and more, thus making it a perfect choice to exchange documents in industry-standard formats.

CSV What is CSV File Format?

Files with .csv (Comma Separated Values) extension represent plain text files that contain records of data with comma separated values. Each line in a CSV file is a new record from the set of records contained in the file. Such files are generated when data transfer is intended from one storage system to another. Since all applications can recognize records separated by comma, import of such data files to database is done very conveniently. Almost all spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice Calc can import CSV without much effort. Data imported from such files is arranged in cells of a spreadsheet for representation to user.

Other Supported Conversions

You can also convert other file formats into byte array or vice versa including few listed below.

XLS To Byte Array (Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (Legacy))

XLSX To Byte Array (Open XML Workbook)

XLSB To Byte Array (Excel Binary Workbook)

XLSM To Byte Array (Macro-enabled Spreadsheet)

XLT To Byte Array (Excel 97 - 2003 Template)

XLTX To Byte Array (Excel Template)

XLTM To Byte Array (Excel Macro-Enabled Template)

CSV To Byte Array (Comma Seperated Values)

TSV To Byte Array (Tab Seperated Values)

ODS To Byte Array (OpenDocument Spreadsheet)

XLS To PDF (Portable Document Format)

XLS To HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)

XLSX To XPS (Microsoft Excel OOXML Excel File)

XLSX To HTML (OOXML Excel File)

XLSX To SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)

XLS To JPEG (JPEG Image)