Reading from files

[andybeeeeee]

Trying to read some data from a file. I'm reading in 4 lines and storing them in a 2D array and then starting again. Here's the code i'm using:

Console.WriteLine("Please enter the absolute path of the file: ");
				string path = Console.ReadLine();
				String[] TempArray = new String[100, 4];
				FileStream file = new FileStream (path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
				StreamReader sk = new StreamReader(file);
				for (int i=0; i<99; i ++) 
				{
					string s = sk.ReadLine();
					s = TempArray [i, 0];
					string t = sk.ReadLine();
					s = TempArray[i, 1];
					string u = sk.ReadLine();
					s = TempArray[i, 2];
					string v = sk.ReadLine();
					s = TempArray[i, 3];
				}
				sk.Close();
				file.Close();

when i try to it i get quite a few errors which i dont understand. can anyone help me with the following:

Cannot implicitly convert type 'string[*,*]' to 'string[]'

Wrong number of indices inside [], expected '1'

The second error applies to multiple lines inside the for loop, each of the lines when i reference the array

Any help?

 

[DaZZleD]

ok.. replace your code with this

Console.WriteLine("Please enter the absolute path of the file: ");
                string path = Console.ReadLine();
                String[] TempArray = new String[100, 4];
                FileStream file = new FileStream (path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
                StreamReader sk = new StreamReader(file);
                int i = 0;
                while(sk.Peek())
                {
                    TempArray [i][0] = sk.ReadLine();
                    if (sk.Peek()) TempArray [i][1] = sk.ReadLine();
                    if (sk.Peek()) TempArray [i][2] = sk.ReadLine();
                    i++;
                }
                sk.Close();
                file.Close();

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"two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do" - the unknown sage

 

[andybeeeeee]

this didnt help, just got the same amount of errors as before, but different errors.

why cant i do it the way i had it before? that's the way i've always done it in java...

I still get the array error about converting [*,*] to [] but i also get errors about converting strings to chars and bools????

 

[andybeeeeee]

ah nevermind, fixed it now. all because of one little comma!!!

 

[DaZZleD]

i didn't check it...


but this compiles to me

			Console.WriteLine("Please enter the absolute path of the file: ");
			string path = Console.ReadLine();
			string[,] TempArray = new string[10, 10]; 
			FileStream file = new FileStream (path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
			StreamReader sk = new StreamReader(file);
			int i = 0;
			while(sk.Peek() != -1)
			{
				TempArray [i,0] = sk.ReadLine();
				if (sk.Peek() != -1) TempArray [i,1] = sk.ReadLine();
				if (sk.Peek() != -1) TempArray [i,2] = sk.ReadLine();
				i++;
			}
			sk.Close();
			file.Close();

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"two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do" - the unknown sage