Search items from text file

[scriptick]

Suppose I have a textfile on C://file.txt
On that text file contains -

Buoyes 
bytes
Bubble
Coogle
Code
Cripsy
Cyclone
Crime
Criminal
Dog
Din
Done
Doing
Duty
Desk
Eagle
Ear
Eat
.......
etc

Now my question is -
I have a csharp winform application
Button1
Textbox1
Listbox1
I wanna put a code on button1-
If I write in textbox1= E
On listbox show all Word started with E from
file.txt
If I type "Do"
then show
Done
Doing
Dog
How to do this?
Thanks in advanced

[Frinavale]

Load the text file into a List of String.

Then implement a method that handles the key up event for the TextBox.

In that method you can use LINQ to retrieve a sub list of strings that match what the text in the TextBox contains.

For example:

from option in loadedStrings
where option.Contains(Textbox1.Text)
select option

Bind your ListBox to that sub list of strings.

-Frinny

[scriptick]

can you pls check this code?
I found this but not working....

 protected void Button_Click( object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  string fileLoc = Server.MapPath( "You Location" );

  if (File.Exists(fileLoc))
  {
    String line;
    using (TextReader tr = new StreamReader(fileLoc))
    {
      line = tr.ReadToEnd();
    }
    string[] read=line.StartsWith(textboxName.text);
    for( int i=0;i<read.length;i++)
    {
      //your logic;
    }
  }
}

[vijay6]

Hey scriptick, you are doing it wrong. 1) You should read your text file line by line and store it in an array. 2) Or in your code after reading the file once, split the string(line) using 'Carriage Return' and store it in an array. Then use LINQ (which Frinavale mentions) to extract the words which start with your input character from that array.

NOTE: You haven't closed your StreamReader in your code.

[scriptick]

Hey scriptick, you are doing it wrong. 1) You should read your text file line by line and store it in an array. 2) Or in your code after reading the file once, split the string(line) using 'Carriage Return' and store it in an array. Then use LINQ (which Frinavale mentions) to extract the words which start with your input character from that array.

NOTE: You haven't closed your StreamReader in your code.

Hey vijay bro how are you? could you remember me? its pavel. However I don't understand what you say. could you pls tell me in more details?

[vijay6]

Hey scriptick, in your code after line number 12, line(string) contains the entire text of the text file. And in line number 16 you are checking whether the line(string) is started with the inputted text or not. You asked something and you done something else.

By the way thanks for asking. 'm good, hope you too good (:

[Frinavale]

Check out this article on How to read text from a file.

This is how you would read the text in the file you posted and store the words into a list of strings:

[C#]

public List<string> AllWordOptions {
	get {

		string pathToFile = "options.txt";
		List<string> lines = null;

		try {
			using (System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(pathToFile)) {
				string line = null;
				line = sr.ReadToEnd();
				lines = new List<string>(from str in line.Split(System.Environment.NewLine) select str);
			}
		} catch (Exception e) {
			//The file could not be read
		}

		return lines;
	}
}

[VB.NET]

Public ReadOnly Property AllWordOptions As List(Of String)
  Get
  
    Dim pathToFile As String = "options.txt"
    Dim lines As List(Of String) = Nothing

    Try
      Using sr As New IO.StreamReader(pathToFile)
          Dim line As String
          line = sr.ReadToEnd()
          lines = New List(Of String)(From str In line.Split(System.Environment.NewLine) Select str)
        End Using
      Catch e As Exception
       'The file could not be read
      End Try

      Return lines 

  End Get
End Property

The list of strings should be a Private member of the page. Really they should be a static member that is only loaded once for the application but for now you could just set it as a private member of the page.

Once you have the list populated, you can then handle the text changed event for your text box and use LINQ to return any matching results.



-Frinny