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Read File and get specific text from line

Read File and get specific text from line

Read File and get specific text from line

(OP)
Hellow again,

I need to read a file(.txt) and get a particular row. the file containes a sngle row per order shipped.

This an sample of how the data looks. For this sample file I need to read the text file by using the tracking number 848257570000106 and when it findthe row with the tracking number I want either

A) the entire row or
B) the value between "1528," and "1596",

In this example I would either need the entire line or 706

CODE -->

'0,"120"1,"MPS Ship"10,"344002738"29,"848257570000080"34,"660"35,"46"1528,"325"1596,"0"1598,""'
'0,"120"1,"MPS Ship"10,"344002738"29,"848257570000093"34,"265"35,"46"1528,"362"1596,"0"1598,""'
'0,"120"1,"MPS Ship"10,"344002738"29,"848257570000106"34,"879"35,"46"1528,"706"1596,"0"1598,""'
'0,"120"1,"MPS Ship"10,"344002738"29,"848257570000128"34,"155"35,"46"1528,"952"1596,"0"1598,""'
'0,"120"1,"MPS Ship"10,"344002738"29,"848257570000134"34,"681"35,"46"1528,"574"1596,"0"1598,""' 

The end user woud supply an order number in a windows form which will populate the tracking numbers in a dropdown box for this orders packages. He will select a tracking number and this is the value that will be searched in the text file.

is this possible nad if so what would be the best way to do it. I am alos open to other sugegstion on how I cna get ths value from the text file

Thanks in advance
RJL

RE: Read File and get specific text from line

Hi RJL,

sounds pretty straight forward.
How abou something like this:

CODE

using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(pfad + "\\pk.xml"))
{
    string line = "";
    string trackingnumber="848257570000106";
    while (!sr.EndOfStream)
    {
        line = sr.ReadLine();
        if (line.IndexOf(trackingnumber) > 0)
        {
            //line now has the entire line
            string mycode = line.Substring(line.IndexOf("1528,") + 5, line.IndexOf("1596"));
            mycode = mycode.TrimStart(' ', '\"');
            mycode = mycode.TrimEnd(' ', '\"');
            break;
        }
    }
} 

Would that do it?

Cheers,
MakeItSo

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” (Kofi Annan)
Oppose SOPA, PIPA, ACTA; measures to curb freedom of information under whatever name whatsoever.

RE: Read File and get specific text from line

Could this line string mycode = line.Substring(line.IndexOf("1528,") + 5, line.IndexOf("1596"));

not be extended to string mycode = line.Substring(line.IndexOf("1528,\"") + 5, line.IndexOf("\"1596"));

and thus negate the need for the two Trim statements.

I don't have c# on this machine so I can't check, but it seems a simpler approach to me.

RE: Read File and get specific text from line

I guess so.
bigcheeks

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” (Kofi Annan)
Oppose SOPA, PIPA, ACTA; measures to curb freedom of information under whatever name whatsoever.

RE: Read File and get specific text from line

RJL, do you ever respond to your threads??

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Oppose SOPA, PIPA, ACTA; measures to curb freedom of information under whatever name whatsoever.

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