1.txt:
Origination,destination,datetime,price
YYZ,YTC,2016-04-01 12:30,$550
YYZ,YTC,2016-04-01 12:30,$550
LKC,LKP,2016-04-01 12:30,$550
2.txt:
Origination|destination|datetime|price
YYZ|YTC|2016-04-01 12:30|$550
AMV|YRk|2016-06-01 12:30|$630
LKC|LKP|2016-12-01 12:30|$990
I have two text files with ',' and '|' as separators, and I want to create a console app in C# which reads these two files when I pass an origination and destination location from command prompt.
While searching, I want to ignore duplicate lines, and I want to display the results in order by price.
The output should be { origination } -> { destination } -> datetime -> price
Need help how to perform.
Here's a simple solution that works for your example files. It doesn't have any error checking for if the file is in a bad format.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
class Program
{
class entry
{
public string origin;
public string destination;
public DateTime time;
public double price;
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
List<entry> data = new List<entry>();
//parse the input files and add the data to a list
ParseFile(data, args[0], ',');
ParseFile(data, args[1], '|');
//sort the list (by price first)
data.Sort((a, b) =>
{
if (a.price != b.price)
return a.price > b.price ? 1 : -1;
else if (a.origin != b.origin)
return string.Compare(a.origin, b.origin);
else if (a.destination != b.destination)
return string.Compare(a.destination, b.destination);
else
return DateTime.Compare(a.time, b.time);
});
//remove duplicates (list must be sorted for this to work)
int i = 1;
while (i < data.Count)
{
if (data[i].origin == data[i - 1].origin
&& data[i].destination == data[i - 1].destination
&& data[i].time == data[i - 1].time
&& data[i].price == data[i - 1].price)
data.RemoveAt(i);
else
i++;
}
//print the results
for (i = 0; i < data.Count; i++)
Console.WriteLine("{0}->{1}->{2:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}->${3}",
data[i].origin, data[i].destination, data[i].time, data[i].price);
Console.ReadLine();
}
private static void ParseFile(List<entry> data, string filename, char separator)
{
using (System.IO.FileStream fs = System.IO.File.Open(filename, System.IO.FileMode.Open))
using (System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(fs))
while (!reader.EndOfStream)
{
string[] line = reader.ReadLine().Split(separator);
if (line.Length == 4)
{
entry newitem = new entry();
newitem.origin = line[0];
newitem.destination = line[1];
newitem.time = DateTime.Parse(line[2]);
newitem.price = double.Parse(line[3].Substring(line[3].IndexOf('$') + 1));
data.Add(newitem);
}
}
}
}