Writing Matrix to a file

[peterchingo]

Hi guys i'm using C# and am having problems writing matrix output to either a text, csv or xls file. I've googled it and have seen different "suggestions" but i've tried most and they have not worked. can someone do a little example for me with maybe a 2by2 matrix so that i get something which works for my specific purpose.

[r035198x]

Hi guys i'm using C# and am having problems writing matrix output to either a text, csv or xls file. I've googled it and have seen different "suggestions" but i've tried most and they have not worked. can someone do a little example for me with maybe a 2by2 matrix so that i get something which works for my specific purpose.

Can you write code that prints the contents of a 2x2 array to the console first?
Then try to write code that writes some lines to a file.
The rest should be as easy as addition.

[peterchingo]

Can you write code that prints the contents of a 2x2 array to the console first?
Then try to write code that writes some lines to a file.
The rest should be as easy as addition.

I have code which writes the matrix to the console and i only started experimenting with writing to a file last night but the problem is that when i try to write the matrix entries the stuff that is output in the file is gibberish. is this because i'm trying to use the wrong writer?? should i be using streamwriter as opposed to binarywriter or what??

[r035198x]

I have code which writes the matrix to the console and i only started experimenting with writing to a file last night but the problem is that when i try to write the matrix entries the stuff that is output in the file is gibberish. is this because i'm trying to use the wrong writer?? should i be using streamwriter as opposed to binarywriter or what??

What kind of data are you writing to the file?
If you are writing characters then you should be using the TextWriter class.

[peterchingo]

[quote=r035198x]What kind of data are you writing to the file?
If you are writing characters then you should be using the TextWriter class.

all the entries in the matrix are decimal numbers. i thought i could just use any writer to write them to a file without converting them to another format or is my thinking here wrong??

[r035198x]

[quote=peterchingo]

What kind of data are you writing to the file?
If you are writing characters then you should be using the TextWriter class.

all the entries in the matrix are decimal numbers. i thought i could just use any writer to write them to a file without converting them to another format or is my thinking here wrong??

Decimal numbers are characters so TextWriter will do. Binary data requires something else.
Can you post the code you used then?

[peterchingo]

[quote=r035198x]

Decimal numbers are characters so TextWriter will do. Binary data requires something else.
Can you post the code you used then?

i'm at work right now but i will send the code in 3 to 4 hours.