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I am writing a program to read from csv file and generate a csv file and concatenate a string for particular column.
So I used data column to dump all column and rows values in to it.

And generating csv file using stream writer and adding column and rows value in to a stream builder

As I debug the code no issue but after generating file its adding value like:

TORONTO àONTARIO àM5H 1N1


I am not doing any thing above to data but its reporting like that

please can any one please suggest how to proceed on this scenario.

and requirement is shouldn't to replace existing special character. So I cant use regular expression to replace special characters.

Is it a vb.net program demerit or is my approach is wrong.?

thanks in Advance:)

What I have tried:

I tried to store a this kind of garbage value in to a string and replace that values with white space.
but I feel this is not reliable solution please suggest.
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Updated 18-Jan-19 2:46am
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Maciej Los 18-Jan-19 8:41am    
Share your code...
Use "Improve question" widget.
lakshjoshi 18-Jan-19 13:16pm    
Ok sure. Thanks
Richard Deeming 18-Jan-19 9:45am    
It looks like you've used the wrong encoding on your output file.
lakshjoshi 18-Jan-19 13:15pm    
I am also suspecting same . I will update with code shortly.thanks

1 solution

We can't tell; we don't have access to your code, or - more importantly - the input CSV file. And you need both - preferably along with the output file - to even start fixing this.

So we can't do it for you - it's going to be up to you. Start by remembering that compiling does not mean your code is right! :laugh:
Think of the development process as writing an email: compiling successfully means that you wrote the email in the right language - English, rather than German for example - not that the email contained the message you wanted to send.

So now you enter the second stage of development (in reality it's the fourth or fifth, but you'll come to the earlier stages later): Testing and Debugging.

Start by looking at what it does do, and how that differs from what you wanted. This is important, because it give you information as to why it's doing it. For example, if a program is intended to let the user enter a number and it doubles it and prints the answer, then if the input / output was like this:
Input   Expected output    Actual output
  1            2                 1
  2            4                 4
  3            6                 9
  4            8                16
Then it's fairly obvious that the problem is with the bit which doubles it - it's not adding itself to itself, or multiplying it by 2, it's multiplying it by itself and returning the square of the input.
So with that, you can look at the code and it's obvious that it's somewhere here:
VB
Private Function Double(ByVal value As Integer) As Integer
    Return value * value
End Function

Once you have an idea what might be going wrong, start using the debugger to find out why. Put a breakpoint on the first line of the method, and run your app. When it reaches the breakpoint, the debugger will stop, and hand control over to you. You can now run your code line-by-line (called "single stepping") and look at (or even change) variable contents as necessary (heck, you can even change the code and try again if you need to).
Think about what each line in the code should do before you execute it, and compare that to what it actually did when you use the "Step over" button to execute each line in turn. Did it do what you expect? If so, move on to the next line.
If not, why not? How does it differ?
Hopefully, that should help you locate which part of that code has a problem, and what the problem is.
This is a skill, and it's one which is well worth developing as it helps you in the real world as well as in development. And like all skills, it only improves by use!
 
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