C# Problem reading integers from a data file into an array

[mscutie33]

Hi,

I created a data file, which seems to work perfectly, but as far as reading it into an array is where I get stuck. It should be 20 random #s 1 to 99 read into this array in a single line. In my data file, they are all on separate lines, but I need it to read to the console on a single line so that I'll be able to quicksort and bubblesort them later. Please any help would be appreciated.

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            FileStream MyFileStream = null;
            StreamWriter MyWriter = null;
            StreamReader MyReader = null;
            
            int[] myarray = new int[20];
            int flag = 0;
            // string mystring;

            try
            {
                // create a writer and open the file
                MyFileStream = new FileStream("f:\\L08data.txt", FileMode.Create);
                MyWriter = new StreamWriter(MyFileStream);
                MyReader = new StreamReader(MyFileStream);

                // display message to user
                Console.WriteLine("Data written to the file.\n");
            }

            catch
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Does not exist");
                flag = 1; //set flag to indicate file failed to open
            }

            // mystring = MyWriter.WriteLine();

            if (flag == 0) //File opened as expected
            {
               // output data to the file
                Random RandomNumber = new Random();

                for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
                {
                    int x = RandomNumber.Next(99) + 1;
                    
                    MyWriter.WriteLine(x);

                }
                 while (!MyReader.EndOfStream)
                 {
                     string Mystring = MyReader.ReadLine();
                   // reads data into an array & outputs data to console
                     int[] myArray = Mystring.;
                Console.WriteLine("{0}\t", MyReader.ReadLine());
                 }

                //Console.Read();
                
                // close streams           
                MyWriter.Close();
                MyFileStream.Close();
                MyReader.Close();
            }
            

            // exit method and class
            return;
        }
    }
}

[Momerath]

Change your while loop to

MyWriter.Close();
String myString;
List<int> myList = new List<int>();
while ((myString = MyReader.ReadLine()) != null) {
    myList.Add(Int32.Parse(myString));
}
int[] myArray = myList.ToArray();

There are better ways to do what you are doing, I'm just giving you something that should work based on what you have.

[mscutie33]

Thanks for your reply Momerath, but the only thing that posts to the Console is "Data written to file". I used:

Console.WriteLine("{0}\t", MyReader.ReadLine());

following the array statement. What am I doing wrong?

[Mitja Bonca]

You can not asign a method ReadLine as the parameter of the WriteLine method.

You can do as follows:

while (!MyReader.EndOfStream)
{
    string Mystring = MyReader.ReadLine();
    // reads data into an array & outputs data to console
    int[] myArray = Mystring.Split(' '); //split value by some marks(white spalce, comma, dot, ...)
    for(int i = 0; i < myArray.Lenght; i++)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0}", myArray[i].Tostring());
    }
}
Console.ReadLine();

The code above will read all lines a code, and it will write into each line (seperated) all the values read, one by one.

Hope it helps,
Mitja

[mscutie33]

Mitja, thanks a lot. It looks understandable, but I get an error that 'I cannot implicitly convert an string[]to an int[]. I tried convert

int value =  ConvertToInt.32(myString)

but I get the same error.

Thanks,
Kim