create a console csv import utility app that displays data from an imported csv file in csharp

To create a console CSV import utility app in C#, you can follow the steps below:

1. Create a new console application project in Visual Studio.
2. Add a reference to the "System.Data" assembly.
3. Install the "CsvHelper" package from NuGet, which makes it easy to read and write CSV files.
4. In the "Program.cs" file, add using statements for "System.IO" and "CsvHelper".
5. Define a class to represent the data in the CSV file, with properties corresponding to the columns.
6. Inside the Main method, prompt the user for the path of the CSV file to import.
7. Use a StreamReader to open the file and a CsvReader to read the data.
8. For each record in the CSV file, create an instance of the class from step 5 and populate its properties with the values from the CSV record.
9. Display the imported data in the console window.

main.cs
using System;
using System.IO;
using CsvHelper;

public class DataItem
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int Age { get; set; }
    public DateTime Birthday { get; set; }
}

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.Write("Enter the path of the CSV file to import: ");
        string filePath = Console.ReadLine();

        using (var reader = new StreamReader(filePath))
        using (var csv = new CsvReader(reader))
        {
            csv.Configuration.HasHeaderRecord = false;
            var records = csv.GetRecords<DataItem>();

            foreach (var record in records)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"{record.Name}, {record.Age}, {record.Birthday}");
            }
        }

        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}
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In this example implementation of the console CSV import utility, a DataItem class is defined with three properties to match the columns in the CSV file. The app prompts the user for the path of the CSV file to import through the console and reads the file using a StreamReader and a CsvReader. For each record in the CSV file, an instance of the DataItem class is created and populated with the values from the CSV record. Finally, the imported data is displayed in the console window.