How to Import Text file with Feild names in each line to Hashtable ?

[Veeky]

Hi All,

I am very new in C# and am doing a test project. In my project i m using a text file which has records along with feild name in each line. How can i import the data in a Hashtable ??

Text File Example :

First_Name Joe
Last_Name Smith
Cell 9785466885
Email [e-mail]

First_Name Amanda
Last_Name Collin
Cell 4485965755
Email [e-mail]

........ and so on...

i want to take just the values from each line and store in my hashtable.

Please Help !!

Thanks !
Veeky

[Curtis Rutland]

What do you plan to key this hash table with? I'd personally suggest a Dictionary<string, string> instead of a HashTable, because of the type safety, it is much easier to work with.

You'll need to read the contents of the text file. My favorite tool for this is a StreamReader. There's an example of its use on the page. Read each line into a List<string>.

If you're trying to split each line around the space, then you'll need to .Split each string in your array.

After that, you'll have each entry. Just add them to the Dictionary/HashTable.

[Veeky Trivedi]

hi Curtis,

Thanks for the quick response... but is it possible for you to give me some example code... for doing this...

Thanks,

[Curtis Rutland]

All the example code you need is in the pages I linked. Most MSDN pages include example code.