I made a code to search for several words in a text file but only the last word is searched, I would like to solve it code:
string txt_text;
string[] words = {
"var",
"bob",
"for",
"example"
};
StreamReader file = new StreamReader("test.txt");
foreach(string _words in words) {
while ((txt_text = file.ReadToEnd()) != null) {
if (txt_text.Contains(_words)) {
textBox1.Text = "founded";
break;
} else {
textBox1.Text = "nothing founded";
break;
}
}
}
First of all, you can get rid of StreamReader
and loop and query the file with a help of Linq
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
...
textBox1.Text = File
.ReadLines("test.txt")
.Any(line => words.Any(word => line.Contains(word)))
? "found"
: "nothing found";
If you insist on loop, you should drop else
:
// using - do not forget to Dispose IDisposable
using StreamReader file = new StreamReader("test.txt");
// shorter version is
// string txt_text = File.ReadAllText("test.txt");
string txt_text = file.ReadToEnd();
bool found = false;
foreach (string word in words)
if (txt_text.Contains(word)) {
// If any word has been found, stop further searching
found = true;
break;
} // no else here: keep on looping for other words
textBox1.Text = found
? "found"
: "nothing found";