TextFileUtil.cs

//
// Revit Batch Processor
//
// Copyright (c) 2020  Daniel Rumery, BVN
//
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace BatchRvtUtil;

public static class TextFileUtil
{
    public const string TEXT_FILE_EXTENSION = ".txt";
    public const string TEXT_FILE_FILTER = "Text files (*.txt)|*.txt";

    private static void WriteToCsvFile(
        IEnumerable<IEnumerable<object>> rows,
        string csvFilePath,
        string delimiter,
        Encoding encoding
    )
    {
        var lines = rows
            .Select(row => string.Join(delimiter, row.Select(value => value.ToString())))
            .ToList();

        File.WriteAllLines(csvFilePath, lines, encoding);
    }

    public static void WriteToTabDelimitedTxtFile(
        IEnumerable<IEnumerable<object>> rows,
        string txtFilePath,
        Encoding encoding = null
    )
    {
        WriteToCsvFile(rows, txtFilePath, "\t", encoding ?? Encoding.UTF8);
    }
}