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    copied!<p>One of my action outputs a csv file. The problem is if a field contains comma, then it splits the datarow into two fields. I tried using "\"" to include each row in double quotes but this is not working. Could someone guide me in the right direction?</p> <p>UPDATE</p> <pre><code>var sw = new StringWriter(); sw.WriteLine(String.Format("{0},{1},{2},{3},{4},{5},{6},{7},{8},{9},{10},{11},{12},{13}", "First Name","Last Name","Address1","Address2","City","State","Postal Code","Country","Dealer ID","Dealer Name","Survey Source","Amount","Email","Survey Code")); sw.WriteLine(String.Format("\"{0}\",\"{1}\",\"{2}\",\"{3}\",\"{4}\",\"{5}\",\"{6}\",\"{7}\",\"{8}\",\"{9}\",\"{10}\",\"{11}\",\"{12}\",\"{13}\"", model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.FirstName).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.LastName).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.Address1).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.Address2).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.City).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.State).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.PostalCode).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.CountryCode).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.DealerID).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.DealerName).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.SurveySource).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.Amount).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.Email).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""), model.SurveyWinnerDetails.Select(p =&gt; p.SurveyCode).First().Replace("\"", "\"\""))); return File(new System.Text.UTF8Encoding().GetBytes(sw.ToString()), "text/csv", "SurveyWinner.csv"); </code></pre> <p>When i run this now, I get an error: Object reference not set to the instance of an object.</p>
 

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