using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;

private static List<Dictionary<string, string>> GetData(out List<string> columns)
{
string strLine;
string[] strArray;
char[] charArray = new char[] {','};
List<Dictionary<string, string>> data = new List<Dictionary<string, string>>();
columns = new List<string>();

try
{
FileStream aFile = new FileStream("../../../SomeData.txt", FileMode.Open);
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(aFile);

// Obtain the columns from the first line.

// Split row of data into string array
strLine = sr.ReadLine();
strArray = strLine.Split(charArray);

for (int x = 0; x <= strArray.GetUpperBound(0); x++)
{
columns.Add(strArray[x]);
}

strLine = sr.ReadLine();
while (strLine != null)
{
// Split row of data into string array
strArray = strLine.Split(charArray);
Dictionary<string, string> dataRow = new Dictionary<string, string>();

for (int x = 0; x <= strArray.GetUpperBound(0); x++)
{
dataRow.Add(columns[x], strArray[x]);
}

data.Add(dataRow);

strLine = sr.ReadLine();
}

sr.Close();
return data;
}
catch (IOException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("An IO exception has been thrown!");
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
Console.ReadLine();
return data;
}
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
List<string> columns;
List<Dictionary<string, string>> myData = GetData(out columns);

foreach (string column in columns)
{
Console.Write("{0,-20}", column);
}
Console.WriteLine();
foreach (Dictionary<string, string> row in myData)
{
foreach (string column in columns)
{
Console.Write("{0,-20}", row[column]);
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
Console.ReadKey();
}