read key/value pairs from delimited text file into collection?

[Ron]

I have a text file with the following format (pipe delimited)

|column1=value|column2=value|column3=value|column4 =value|...
|column1=value|column2=value|column3=value|column4 =value|...
I have two questions.

1. Is this some new type of text file format and if so, what is the name of
it.
2. What functions can I use in .NET to read the key/value pairs into a
collection.

Thanks,

Ron

[Sriram Krishnan]

Hmm..I'm not sure whether this is some new type of text file format but
reading it into a collection would be pretty simple. You could either use a
couple of String.Splits or take the regular expressions route .

--
Sriram Krishnan

http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sriram
"Ron" <ba*****@online.nospam> wrote in message
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I have a text file with the following format (pipe delimited)

|column1=value|column2=value|column3=value|column4 =value|...
|column1=value|column2=value|column3=value|column4 =value|...
I have two questions.

1. Is this some new type of text file format and if so, what is the name
of
it.
2. What functions can I use in .NET to read the key/value pairs into a
collection.

Thanks,

Ron

[Ron]

Would it be possible to get a code sample of the regular expression route if
it is not too much trouble? I need to take this file and create afixed field
text file with just the values. The files are rather large so speed is
important. I was looking at the split function where i would have to read
one like at a time, and I am looking for the fastest way possible to do this.

Any help you can provide is appreciated. In the mean time, ill be looking
up the regexp route.

Thanks,

ron

"Sriram Krishnan" wrote:

Hmm..I'm not sure whether this is some new type of text file format but
reading it into a collection would be pretty simple. You could either use a
couple of String.Splits or take the regular expressions route .

--
Sriram Krishnan

http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sriram
"Ron" <ba*****@online.nospam> wrote in message
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I have a text file with the following format (pipe delimited)

|column1=value|column2=value|column3=value|column4 =value|...
|column1=value|column2=value|column3=value|column4 =value|...
I have two questions.

1. Is this some new type of text file format and if so, what is the name
of
it.
2. What functions can I use in .NET to read the key/value pairs into a
collection.

Thanks,

Ron

[Ron]

Looks like i am gonna go with the split functions and a hash table.

thanks anyway,

Ron

"Ron" wrote:

Would it be possible to get a code sample of the regular expression route if
it is not too much trouble? I need to take this file and create afixed field
text file with just the values. The files are rather large so speed is
important. I was looking at the split function where i would have to read
one like at a time, and I am looking for the fastest way possible to do this.

Any help you can provide is appreciated. In the mean time, ill be looking
up the regexp route.

Thanks,

ron

"Sriram Krishnan" wrote:

Hmm..I'm not sure whether this is some new type of text file format but
reading it into a collection would be pretty simple. You could either use a
couple of String.Splits or take the regular expressions route .

--
Sriram Krishnan

http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sriram
"Ron" <ba*****@online.nospam> wrote in message
news:A0**********************************@microsof t.com...

I have a text file with the following format (pipe delimited)

|column1=value|column2=value|column3=value|column4 =value|...
|column1=value|column2=value|column3=value|column4 =value|...
I have two questions.

1. Is this some new type of text file format and if so, what is the name
of
it.
2. What functions can I use in .NET to read the key/value pairs into a
collection.

Thanks,

Ron