reading from text file: each line in seperate array?

Question

Hello I am very new to programming so please bare with me. I need to make a program that can read a .txt file and store each line in an array so i can use some of its contents later (store in a database). Is this possible? and how would i go about doing that. I have tried with the streamreader and then making each line a list item but then it wont let me convert to array. i would really like some help here TNX!

Kirtan Patel · Answer

private void button1_Click( object sender EventArgs e) { string path = Environment .CurrentDirectory + @\TextFile1.txt ; string [] allLines = File .ReadAllLines(path); List string []> ArraysWithWords = new List string []>(); foreach ( string str in allLines) { string [] Words = str.Split( ' ' ); ArraysWithWords.Add(Words); } //Show First Line's 3 Words in Text Box int count = 0; foreach ( string str in ArraysWithWords[0]) { if (count { textBox1.Text += str; } count++; } }

vin lantwert · Answer

so the above piece of code puts all words in ArraysWithWords right? how would i show the 3 word in a textbox? if i try it doesnt work: bestand = openFileDialog1.FileName; string[] allLines = File.ReadAllLines(bestand); List ArraysWithWords = new List (); foreach (string str in allLines) { string[] Words = str.Split(' '); ArraysWithWords.Add(Words); } textBox1.Text = ArraysWithWords[3]; } the error i get: cannot implicitly convert type string[] to string......... (sorry for the noobism)

Kirtan Patel · Answer

Hi  Friend Here i Coded .. if need some changes in it tell me :) private void button1_Click( object sender EventArgs e) { string path = Environment .CurrentDirectory+ @\TextFile1.txt ; string [] allLines = File .ReadAllLines(path); List string []> ArraysWithWords = new List string []>(); foreach ( string str in allLines) { string [] Words = str.Split( ' ' ); ArraysWithWords.Add(Words); } }

vin lantwert · Answer

Thanks thats very kind of you. what i want is this: i have a text file that gets automatically generated by a website. in this file there is a lot of data i need. what i want is to read the file and have an array for each individual line the text file size differs with each file. is this enough info? regards vin

Kirtan Patel · Answer

Friend Just Give Me Two things What you will Input and What you want as out with with Example I will Help you :)

vin lantwert · Answer

I have now coded this it works but its ugky is there no other way i can do this? string[] readtext = File.ReadAllLines(bestand Encoding.UTF8); textBox1.Text = readtext[1]; string regel1 = textBox1.Text; string[] aRegel1 = regel1.Split(' '); Now i have to use the textbox to convert it to the string but this would mean that i have to make a textbox for every line i want in an array.

vin lantwert · Answer

Hi When I try the above i get an error message saying cannot implicitly convert string[] to string. This is my code: openFileDialog1.ShowDialog(); ChosenFile = openFileDialog1.FileName; string[] readtext = File.ReadAllLines(ChosenFile Encoding.UTF8); string[] linesArray = new string[readtext.Length]; int counter = 0; foreach (string line in readtext) { string[] _wordsArray = line.Split(' '); linesArray[counter] = _wordsArray; counter++; } Thanks for your help sofar

Roei Bar · Answer

just run on the string[] and build whatever you need: string[] linesArray = new string[_array.Length]; int counter = 0; foreach(string line in _array) { string[] _wordsArray = line.Split(' '); linesArray[counter] = _wordsArray; counter++; }

vin lantwert · Answer

Hi Thanks This works partly what happens now is each line is one item in the array what i actually need is one array per line where the items in the array are the single words. is this possible?

Roei Bar · Answer

you can use this // Open the file to read from. string [] readText = File.ReadAllLines(path Encoding.UTF8);