func writeValuesTofile(datatowrite *ProtobufTest.TestMessage) {
//Retreive client information from the protobuf message
ClientName := datatowrite.GetClientName()
ClientDescription := datatowrite.GetDescription()
ClientID := strconv.Itoa(int(datatowrite.GetClientId()))
// retrieve the message items list
items := datatowrite.GetMessageitems()
fmt.Println("Writing value to CSV file")
//Open file for writes, if the file does not exist then create it
file, err := os.OpenFile("CSVValues.csv", os.O_RDWR|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0666)
checkError(err)
//make sure the file gets closed once the function exists
defer file.Close()
//Go through the list of message items, insert them into a string array then write them to the CSV file.
writer := csv.NewWriter(file)
for _, item := range items {
record := []string{ClientID, ClientName, ClientDescription, strconv.Itoa(int(item.GetId())), item.GetItemName(), strconv.Itoa(int(item.GetItemValue())), strconv.Itoa(int(item.GetItemType()))}
writer.Write(record)
fmt.Println(record)
}
//flush data to the CSV file
writer.Flush()
fmt.Println("Finished Writing value to CSV file")
}
