write into a text file from a list c#

Question

I am working with c# and I have a list of type list where Family is a class with this structure:

public class Family
    {
        public Father father;
        public Mother mother;
        public int IdFamily { get; set; }
    }

Father and Mother are also classes with their own attributes.

My list has got data about the families. I want to store all that data from the list into a txt files.

How I can do this using System.IO and StreamWriter?

Does the format matter? Specifically, why not just serialize to a JSON string, then write that to a file? — Derek, Mar 05 '17 at 13:25
Go for JSON, Newtonsoft JSON is easy to use and performs well — Tomas Chabada, Mar 05 '17 at 13:31
Can you add a sample of the list from where you want to extract the information? To see what kind of information is stored there — Ignacio Alorre, Mar 05 '17 at 13:35
yes for example my liste countains information about each family. information are of this type fatherFullName fatherAge MotherFullName motherAge FamilyID @IgnacioAlorre — Youcef Benotmane, Mar 05 '17 at 13:37

Ofir Winegarten · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-05T13:53:37.130

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If you go for Json then it's quite straight forward with Newtonsoft

string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(family, Formatting.Indented);
File.WriteAllText(path, json);

edited Mar 05 '17 at 13:53

answered Mar 05 '17 at 13:44

Ofir Winegarten

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