Reading Name And Numeric Data From Text File
Apr 27, 2012
I'm working on a program for a side business I run with a friend, who is a non-programmer.I've done a program before, using IO.StreamReader and IO.StreamWriter to read and write lines to a text file.
But now, I'm working on reading text data (it's output from an old legacy program) that reads a first and last name, and the customer number (6 digits) from one file.
Then, it uses the data (customer number) read the first time to cross reference the zip code and status from a second file, and display it.
The Data in the Text Files are as follows:[code...]
How would I begin parsing for the first and last name, and the customer number to assign to different variables?In the line that references names.txt I meant to put customers.txt.
That's a snippet of code I took from a previous program, so I know how to read the data, just don't know how to extract it.
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Dec 4, 2010
I only want to place the numerical data in an array. At the moment I have the following code to do this. [Code]. This code places the numbers in the data array when there is not any text in the file, i.e. when there are no headers. I would like to place the headers in another array, and then have the numbers in the array as in the code above.
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Mar 10, 2011
I will use this program for meter reader. Anyone can help me reading data from text file.. For example I want to get the data that i export from MySQL Database to Text file..
I have textbox to insert the acct number to search the name, and button1 to execute search, and another Textbox to store the name that have been search.
[Code]...
Data in zone6.txt ---- Acctnum, 06-12-057, LIZAcctnum, 06-12-058, MARK, Acctnum, 06-12-001, MICHAEL
Acctnum is the column 1, 06-12-057 is the column 2, LIZ is the column 3.. how can i get the name LIZ if i type the acctnum
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Dec 4, 2009
Ive made a program that reads in data from a txt file that has 4 columns, but it doesnt work if there are headings to the columns or any other kind of text at the top of the file. I basically just want to be able to skip any text at the top of the file, either by the user specifying how many lines to skip, or by code that can calculate how many lines to skip.
At the moment, the code opens the file, calculates how many lines there are in the file, redims an array to this size, closes the file and then reopens it so its ready to have the data read.
This is how the data is input into the array at the moment:
ReDim data(lines, 3)
i = 0
While Not (EOF(1))
[Code]....
I was thinking a possibility would be to use a try statement so that if the data is a string, then it skips over that line, but i couldnt figure out how to put it together.
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Mar 31, 2008
I am currently trying to write a program that will do the following. 1. The user will open a .txt file that needs to be converted into a CSV file. 2. The user will then click on a button to convert the file. 3. The program will parse the .txt file for the necessary data and will then write the data to a new CSV file. So far I am sure that I can write the code which will open the file and which will save the file to the new format. Where I am having problems is with the .txt file format that I have to work with. [Code]
Each field is fixed length with the empty space in front of the starting numbers being a field. I have been unable to find any code that would show me how to parse only certain data from this .txt file. What I need it to end up looking like is this: [Code] The program itself needs to be pretty simple as the .txt file will only have at most 25 to 30 records. I was thinking of using a StreamReader to read the data into an array, but I can't figure out how to get just the data I need out of each record.
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Sep 28, 2009
The program that I am writing has three default variables that I would like it to store and also be able to change. I have them in a text file called "settings.txt" The format of the text file is as follows:
Default Source "I:DCIM101MSDCF"
Default Destination "C:Documents and SettingsChristyMy DocumentsMy Pictures"
Default Backup Destination "D:My DocumentsBackupMy Pictures"
The field descriptions eg "Default Source" take up 30 characters, so the variable data starts with character 30. I know their has to be an easy way just to pull out the data from a particular line starting with character 30 but I can't find it.
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Aug 4, 2010
I have a text file which has the format
A;UK;WN0XKKF;XX377SL;POSS TRADE MONITOR
A;UK;N6HXS;XX361NG;POSS TRADE MONITOR
A;UK;DU58XPK;XX37 6UR;EXCESSIVE WASTE MONITOR
A;UK;R251YXF;XX36 ZHA;POSS TRADE MONITOR
I am trying to read the code, and pull out the 3rd, 4th and 5th set of each line in to a datagrid.
Dim list = New List(Of datagrid)
Dim FILE_NAME As String = "C: est.txt"
If System.IO.File.Exists(FILE_NAME) = True Then
Dim objReader As New System.IO.StreamReader(FILE_NAME)
Do While objReader.Peek() <> -1
[Code] .....
I get the reg come up ok, but then it errors out with Index was outside the bounds of the array.
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May 3, 2009
Even a primer on just reading/writing to a text file would be golden. The array confuses me further, but understanding the data is primary.
Basically, we're writing a program to manage inventory for a bar. Fields and a few lines are below. The delimiter is "||"
So... How do we read the data into the arrays? NAME would be strName(), etc for all of them.
how to write and update existing data.
UID||BREWERY||NAME||SIZE||FORMAT||SEASONAL||PRICE||CASECOST||CASEQTY||BREWERYLOCATION||BREWSTYLE||ST YLE||ABV||CLASS
A0101.12B||Abita Brewing Company||Abita Amber||12
[Code].....
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Oct 20, 2010
I'm getting some problems to read a text file with this configuration:
[Code]....
I want to put all 3 lines in a data grid view.
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Dec 8, 2009
I am trying to read in demographics from a text file. What I am trying to do is use the commas in the text file as a stop and starting point for each field. Instead of explaining all will be clear once you look at the code.
Dim filecontents As String
Dim newlineindex As Integer
Dim numindex As Integer
Dim credents As String
[CODE]...
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Apr 6, 2012
Is there a numeric text box, not an up-down box, a SIMPLE numeric box into which the user can place a number, 5 boxes actually, then on command have the five boxes added and the sum displayed?
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Feb 27, 2009
I am developing an app that will import numeric data and export it to various text files using ascii templates. I am basically converting the template file into a single string, replacing application fields in the string with {0}, {1}, etc... and adding the result into an array that is then passed to the String.Format(str_Template, Params()) to provide the final output. I have set it up so the template will use the standard VB.Net formatting syntax.
A simple template example:
{<prt_Mark>:G} {<prt_Qty>:F2} {<prt_Length>:F2} {<prt_Remarks>:G}
[code].....
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May 11, 2009
Dense student here with little sleep here during finals week...I have a text field being read on a button click event (along with lots of other information being read). This field needs to have a number entered.
I either:
1) Force a default value (i.e. - "2")
2) Verify there's something in the field AND that something is numeric...
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Sep 5, 2009
I'm having problem reading Binary file that has two types of data in it; Strings and numeric data in decimal format.[code]...
1. The loop doesn't stop, and it gives me "Unable to read beyond the end of the stream" Error..
2. The output isn't accurate, apart from a few random correct strings and numbers..
3. After the loop is fixed, how can i save the data to an Array or write it to a text file?. Can the be saved line by line so that the output file has the same number of lines?
4. As you can see in the code, I've tried writing data in a file, but it doesn't work.. Messagebox does show some data (even though it's not accurate), the file however doesn't contain any data..
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Oct 13, 2010
I read a csv file into my .net program using ado.net and display it in a datagridview.In the file I have two rows. The first column is a component id, and it is supposed to be numeric. But the user can edit the csv file before having my program load it, and accidentally put text there. That is something I want to edit when he presses a button to add the data to the database. So let's say he puts a value of A in the first record and a value of 1 in the second record. Or vice versa. What is displayed in the dgv is a blank in the first record and a 1 in the second, or 1 in first and blank in second. If both csv records are A, then what is displayed in the dgv is an A in both the first and second records. I don't understand what is happening. The fact that there sometimes is a numeric in the column makes it think it is a numeric field and therefore only display numerics and blank otherwise, and the fact that there's always text in the column makes the code know it is a text field?
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May 14, 2012
I have a textbox which has a numeric value that changes - would it be possible to check if that value matches two numeric values in a text file? and if the value matches then to display some text in a label? The textfile only has fields displayed like so
Horizontal 55
Vertical 16
So I would only need to check if the numeric field in textbox matches the two numbers in the second column. In the past I have use System.IO.File to create/delete/append to files but I havent come across anything like contains.
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Jan 2, 2010
I am working on a project in VB 2008 and need it to do this:Read first line from text file (using Openfile)Enter line into textbox on formDo some other codeThen Read second linefrom text fileEnter line into same text boxand loop until we have gone through text fileI am not sure how to read line by line from text file then enter it in textbox. I can open the Openfile and get the filename and everything, but I just am not sure how to read from it or enter that line into the textbox.Here is what I have, its not much but its a start:
Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Dim FileReader As StreamReader
[code]....
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Feb 16, 2010
I've been writing a weight program for flooded pressure vessels and I'm having trouble retrieving the data from the text files I've been saving. I know how to write the data to the text file, but retrieving it with OpenFileDialog is not so easy for me.The user has individual text boxes that they input strings or numbers into and when they save the file, each text box input is written to one line in the text file. For example, the first text box is for the username, therefore the first line of text that is saved is the person's name, the second text box is the customer, thus the second line in the text file is the customer name, and so on.
(Actually, the first line of text in the saved file designates whether English units were used or Metric units because when the user retrieves the saved file, English units will open one form and Metric units will open a separate form, so some If...Then statement will need to occur).I need to be able to read the first line, have either my "EnglishForm"form open or my "MetricForm" form open, and then have each subsequent line of text be displayed in their corresponding text boxes. I know I need to use ReadLine or LineInput, but I don't have a clue what to do.Assuming the syntax I've displayed below would just magically work (if only life were that easy), it would look something like this
If FirstLineOfTextInFile = "English" Then
EnglishForm.Show()
ElseIf FirstLineOfTextInFile = "Metric" Then[code]....
And so on...I read a lot of articles from the MSDN library and exhausted each link that I've looked through from Google and Bing, but most only retrieve data from the file to a single text box through some loop or streamreader and don't take into account multiple forms.
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Jun 25, 2010
I'm trying to read a text file that contains info like this:
ACX-101-011 , J2168
BTXR-130A-013, D6733
AJ4-233-614, T8211
I want to split each line at the comma and write the left side to a textbox and the the right side to another textbox. I'm close, with the code below, but I can only post results from the first line in the file. How do I loop this and append the text results in each of the textboxes.
Dim TempFile As String
TempFile = "temp.txt"
Dim sw As StreamWriter
[Code].....
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Apr 4, 2011
I have a checked list box that is populated with the text from a text file. I started off with this code:
Dim FileToLoad As String
FileToLoad = TextBox3.Text
Dim fs As FileStream = New FileStream(FileToLoad, FileMode.Open)
[code].....
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Jun 14, 2011
I am trying to import a TAB (NOt comma) delimited text file into a DataGridView. The following code works fine if I have a comma separated file. All I have to do is change the FMT to "Delimited".It just does not work with FMT=TabDelimited. All columns are read into single datatable column. The text file is ANSI text and I have double checked to make sure Tabs are tabs and not spaces, even exported a sample Tab Delimited file from Excel.Can this even be done using Text Driver? [code]
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Nov 20, 2010
How do I play a WAV file while the computer is reading aloud a text file? It uses Text to Speech synthesis and I need a laughter wav to play when the computer comes across something funny in the line.
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Jan 22, 2010
I am reading a data file and storing them in an array of string.Data is random, could be like "1","2","133,18" but sometimes there can be missing values like "?".Once I load the data in the array, I want to check if at least a majority (like 60% of them) are numeric values.If yes, then I wanna track down the higher and lowest value in the array, and output a range of 5.Loop through the array
If 60% of them are numbers (integers or decimals) then find highest value, find lowest value end if produce range
If for example lowest = 1 and highest = 100, range of 5 means 0,20,40,60,80,100 (so 5 ranges are 0-20, 20-40, 40-60, 60-80, 80-100).Also if the ranges turn to have decimals due to weird numbers, I would like to round them up.My problem is, in order to find highest and lowest when there are non numeric values in the array like "?", how should I handle those? I was thinking of something like Double.NaN but I would have to have an array of doubles.
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Dec 15, 2010
I'm a little new to VB, and I'm in a class for it, but I'm trying to do something we aren't going to learn in the class (mostly out of sheer interest) and I need help. I'm trying to read lines from a text file into a listbox, each line representing a new item on the listbox. For example, if the text file reads: [code]I want to be able to take that as is and read it into a listbox, where those words would appear in the exact same fashion; as a list, each as separate items. I've looked at the Help stuff and learned (sorta) about delimiters... but the thing is I don't want to write my entire list in a continuous line separated by commas--I want it to keep reading each line, and moving on to the next, until there are no more lines left. I am thoroughly stumped, and would appreciate it SO much if someone could help. For a frame of reference, this is the point I'm at now with my code: [code]Note that when I run the program, all it will do is read the first line of text available and stop; once I press ENTER in a text file, it decides to stop reading.
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Jul 30, 2009
im trying to read a online txt file and its not working [code]but it has a uri error i think in doing it wrong but need help with how im doing it wrong, all i want to do is read the text from a file online not from the system should be easy.
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Jul 4, 2010
Usually, the text file that would need to be read and processed would be local (on the computer the program is run), but for this example, we need to get the data from an online text file.
I have searched on google for nearly an hour now and haven't found anything of any real use. One of the earlier projects we submitted used a similar target, and I managed to get it working fine, however I dont have the original source code with me and I cannot remember how I did it.
I believe I used a Net.WebRequest method of some sort, because I had tried using StreamReader and ended up with an URI error or something like that.
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Jul 17, 2010
I have just recently been using VB 2010 after using VB5. I have noticed a lot of changes. The problem I have is that I wish to open and save text files to and from arrays in the background. I've attached what I would do in VB5. I have searched around, but all the examples I find use a Textbox instead of an array. Can anyone show me how I can do this with VB 2010?
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Nov 2, 2011
I want to read the text file and check whether its contain the specific string or not at the end of the text file. If it doesn't contain the specific string, I want to append the text file to write the specific string.. Can I use this code? But its not working..What is the problem actually?
Dim line As String = ""
Dim fileName As String = "C:\Drill Blind.txt"
Dim sr As StreamReader = New StreamReader(fileName)
[code]....
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Jan 25, 2010
I have a fixed width delimited text file, the data spans over several line. I do not know how to approach in reading this file and displaying its results to a gridview.
[Code]...
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Nov 29, 2009
How could i echo individual lines?, Like for example if i want to echo the hostname line, How could i just echo 'Christopher's Testing server', and not the hostname part too?
echo Executing Server Config...
lanmode 1
rcon_password changethis
password password321
maxplayers 20
[Code]...
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