public static string SerializeToCSV<T>(this object obj, string delimiter = Delimiters.Comma, IEnumerable<string> ignoredFields = null)
        {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            int numFieldsAdded = 0;
            int numDelimetersAdded = 0;
            //Get the properties for type T for the headers
            PropertyInfo[] propInfos = typeof(T).GetProperties();
            for (int j = 0; j <= propInfos.Length - 1; j++)
            {
                if (ignoredFields == null || !ignoredFields.Contains(propInfos[j].Name))
                {
                    object o = obj.GetType().GetProperty(propInfos[j].Name).GetValue(obj, null);
                    if (o != null)
                    {
                        string value = o.ToString();

                        //Check if the value contans a comma and place it in quotes if so
                        if (delimiter == Delimiters.Comma && value.Contains(Delimiters.Comma))
                        {
                            //value = string.Concat("\"", value, "\"");
                            value = value.Replace("\"", "\"\"");
                            value = string.Concat("\"", value, "\"");
                        }

                        //Replace any \r or \n special characters from a new line with a space
                        if (value.Contains("\r"))
                        {
                            value = value.Replace("\r", " ");
                        }
                        if (value.Contains("\n"))
                        {
                            value = value.Replace("\n", " ");
                        }

                        sb.Append(value);
                        numFieldsAdded++;
                    }

                    if (j < propInfos.Length - 1)
                    {
                        sb.Append(delimiter.ToCharArray());
                        numDelimetersAdded++;
                    }
                }
            }

            string result = sb.ToString();
            if (numDelimetersAdded >= numFieldsAdded && result.EndsWith(delimiter))
            {
                result = result.Substring(0, result.Length - 1);
            }
            return result;
        }
//helper class
public static class Delimiters
    {
        public const string Comma = ",";
        public const string Tab = "\t";
        public const string Pipe = "|";
        public const string SemiColon = ";";
        public const string Caret = "^";
    }