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Brian Kubricky
Brian Kubricky

Reputation: 63

Parsing a string for a particular value

I am trying to parse the string that contains "Enter q to quit or the whole data as a comma delimited string using the following format Name,D,C,D:minQ or R:roast" to check if the user typed "D:" or "R:" and depending on which one, instantiate an object of a particular type, Decaf decafCoffee = new Decaf for "D": and Regular regCoffee = new Regular for "R:". What would be the easiest way to go about this?

        Console.Write("Enter q to quit or the whole data as a comma delimited string using the following format Name,D,C,D:minQ or R:roast ");
        string s = Console.ReadLine();


        // Loop
        while (!s.ToLower().Equals("q"))
        {
            string[] values = s.Split(",".ToCharArray(), StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); // Trim?
            string name = values[0];
            string demand = (values[1]);
            string cost = (values[2]);
            string min = values[3];

            // Check for > 0 and convert to numbers
            float D = CheckDemand(demand);
            float C = CheckCost(cost);
            float M = CheckMin(min);

            // Create object
            Decaf decafCoffee = new Decaf

Upvotes: 0

Views: 106

Answers (1)

Martin Mulder
Martin Mulder

Reputation: 12944

Decaf decafCoffee = null;
Roast roastCoffee = null;
if (min.StartsWith("D:")) 
    decafCoffee = new Decaf();
else if (min.StartsWith("R:"))
    roastCoffee = new Roast();
else
    // Give an error or something.

Upvotes: 1

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