Processing a Textfile

[Kevin Johnson]

Hi

Using C# and a textfile I need to do two things:

1. Read the contents of the textfile and return the number of words
contained in it.
2. Output a list of unqiue words (i.e. not duplicated) to a new textfile.
These words should appear on a new line.
eg.
hello
world

This needs to be done in C# and I am struggling to understand how to do this
using the TextReader and TextWriter.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Kevin

[sadhu]

Use the StreamReader class, you can then use the Split() method in
string to split words and store them in a hashtable (or whatever data
structure you have that preserves uniqueness). You can then write it
the hashtable out to a file.

[Kevin Johnson]

Thanks for that. Could you provide a coded example as it is not something I
have used before?

Thanks

Kevin

"sadhu" wrote:

Use the StreamReader class, you can then use the Split() method in
string to split words and store them in a hashtable (or whatever data
structure you have that preserves uniqueness). You can then write it
the hashtable out to a file.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

<"=?Utf-8?B?S2V2aW4gSm9obnNvbg==?=" <Kevin
Jo*****@discussions.microsoft.com>> wrote:

Thanks for that. Could you provide a coded example as it is not something I
have used before?

Which part of it? I'd suggest trying it yourself first, then posting
your attempt, and what you're having trouble with - that way you'll
learn a lot more than if someone just gives you all the code you need
to start with.

--
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If replying to the group, please do not mail me too

[Abubakar]

So have u been able to do it?

Ab.
"Kevin Johnson" <Kevin Jo*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Thanks for that. Could you provide a coded example as it is not something I have used before?

Thanks

Kevin

"sadhu" wrote:

Use the StreamReader class, you can then use the Split() method in
string to split words and store them in a hashtable (or whatever data
structure you have that preserves uniqueness). You can then write it
the hashtable out to a file.