Iterate through collection of List<object> - asp.net-mvc-4

Question

I have what is probably simple problem, but I am stumped. I call a method from another assembly that returns me a List<object>, this data is Excel spreadsheet data queried using LinqToExcel. Under the scenes, that collection is actually a List<LinqToExcel.Cell>. In LinqToExcel, that makes up a LinqToExcel.Row. I want to be able to bind this data to a Telerik ASP.NET MVC grid for viewing. Here's my controller code:
TypeOfServiceCodeListingDetailViewModel model = new TypeOfServiceCodeListingDetailViewModel();
model.Excel_Data = new List<LinqToExcel.Row>();
using (LinqToExcelReader reader = new LinqToExcelReader(fileName, true))
{
previewData = reader.ReadRawDataByPage(5, 0);
foreach (LinqToExcel.Row item in previewData)
{
model.Excel_Data.Add(item);
}
return View(new GridModel(model.Excel_Data));
}
And in my view:
#(Html.Telerik().Grid(Model.Excel_Data)
.Name("Grid2")
.HtmlAttributes(new { style = "width:400px;" })
.DataBinding(dataBinding => dataBinding.Ajax().Select("GetExcelData", "TypeOfService"))
.Columns(columns =>
{
columns.AutoGenerate(column =>
{
column.Width = "150px";
});
}))
Here's what my grid has headers like the below with no data:
Capacity Count
Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Here's the code that solved my problem. I'm sure there's a better approach.
using (LinqToExcelReader reader = new LinqToExcelReader(modelDetail.FileName, true))
{
var previewData = reader.ReadRawDataByPage(5, 0);
List<List<string>> masterList = new List<List<string>>();
for (int x = 0; x < previewData.Count; x++)
{
List<string> list = new List<string>();
foreach (var cell in (LinqToExcel.Row)previewData[x])
{
list.Add(cell);
}
masterList.Add(list);
}
var listTest = masterList;
modelDetail.ExcelData = new List<ExcelData>();
foreach (List<string> theList in masterList)
{
ExcelData xlsData = new ExcelData();
xlsData.Column1 = theList[0];
xlsData.Column2 = theList[1];
xlsData.Column3 = theList[2];
xlsData.Column4 = theList[3];
xlsData.Column5 = theList[4];
xlsData.Column6 = theList[5];
xlsData.Column7 = theList[6];
xlsData.Column8 = theList[7];
xlsData.Column9 = theList[8];
xlsData.Column10 = theList[9];
modelDetail.ExcelData.Add(xlsData);
}