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Reading a specific line from txt file

 
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Reading a specific line from txt file
Dumpen
23 Mar, 2008 - 07:57 AM
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Hello.

I have a text file that looks like this:
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0    1    "Bull Fighter"        6    100    0    16    20    6    0    28    6    3    0    1    5    400    1600    10    2    130    10    6    0    0    0    0    0
1    1    "Hound"            9    140    0    22    27    9    0    39    9    3    0    1    5    400    1600    10    2    130    10    6    0    0    0    0    0
2    1    "Budge Dragon"        4    60    0    10    13    3    0    18    3    3    0    1    4    400    2000    10    2    120    10    6    0    0    0    0    0


It is called monster.txt

The first value is a id which I also use in my script.

Lets say I have the id 3, this would be "Spider" since the first number of "Spider" is 3

What is the best way to read the monster.txt file for the id and retrive the name? (Name = "Spider", id = 3) (As my example above)
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RE: Reading A Specific Line From Txt File
23 Mar, 2008 - 09:37 AM
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You could read the file (using a StreamReader object) line by line in a loop and put the result into a String. Then you could use the SubString or CharAt method to extract the id on each line comparing it to the value that you are searching for.

StreamReader.ReadLine
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23 Mar, 2008 - 10:00 AM
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I just used
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        private void findMonster(int monsterId)
        {
            StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(@monsterLocation);
            int searchId = monsterId;
            int actualId = 0;
            string name = "(Not found)";
            string[] details = null;
            string line = null;
            while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                line = line.Trim();
                if (line == "") continue;
                details = line.Split('\t');
                actualId = int.Parse(details[0]);
                if (actualId == searchId)
                {
                    name = details[2].Replace("\"", "");
                    break;
                }
            }
            sr.Close();
            txtMonster.Text = name;
        }


Dont know if its the best way, but it works..
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23 Mar, 2008 - 01:29 PM
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That will most certainly work just fine. Good job.
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