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MASOUD
MASOUD

Reputation: 41

Read 2D matrix from file to 2D int array in C#

I have problem in reading 2D text from file and import it to an int array. Specifically, my text file looks like below:

2,3,4,5,6

5,2,3,4,5

2,4,6,7,4

2,7,8,5,6

So each cell in matrix is separated by comma and each new row starts with new line.

I tried many ways to make it works but I can't! Simply, I want an int[][] or int[,] array at the end.

P.S: I can read 1-D matrix simply to int[] as below:

int[] array= File.ReadAllText(fileppath).Split(',').Select(t => int.Parse(t)).ToArray();

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3679

Answers (5)

Zinov
Zinov

Reputation: 4119

Just to illustrate the point, the problem, that you have is storing the references of each line into a jagged array int[][] or into a bi-dimensional array int[,]

I suggest you to take a look here before https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288453%28v=vs.71%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

If you want to create a jagged array is simple, the first dimension will be the amount of lines that you have on your file. Remember this jagged array has arrays in each positions

int[][] a = new int[amountOfLinesTxt][];

because you can get the array per line, the only thing that you need to do is to assign the array to the specific position for example

int[] array= File.ReadAllText(fileppath).Split(',').Select(t => int.Parse(t)).ToArray();
a[0] = array

Same thing for the other lines.

Now if you want to use a bi-dimensional array you need to specify in your case from the begging the dimensions, for example int[,] a = new int[amountOfRowsTxt, amountofColumnsTxt];

then while you are reading your lines you need to save the items inside of it.

int[] array= File.ReadAllText(fileppath).Split(',').Select(t => int.Parse(t)).ToArray();

for(int i = 0; array.Length; i ++)
{
   a[currentRow, i] = array[i];
}

Got the idea? Of course there are better ways to get the result using Linq, just take a look on the previous answers. Hope this helps

Upvotes: 0

S.Dav
S.Dav

Reputation: 2466

You first need to add the index of each line to the first dimension and then every 'column 'in the line to the second dimension.

Try the following code:

int[][] array = File.ReadAllText(filepath).Split('\n')
                .Select(r => (r.Split(','))
                .Select(c => int.Parse(c)).ToArray()).ToArray();

Upvotes: 1

Arvindsinc2
Arvindsinc2

Reputation: 716

Try this:

String input = File.ReadAllText( @"c:\myfile.txt" );

int i = 0, j = 0;
int[,] res = new int[10, 10];
foreach (var row in input.Split('\n'))
{
   j = 0;
   foreach (var col in row.Trim().Split(' '))
   {
       res[i, j] = int.Parse(col.Trim());
       j++;
   }
   i++;
}

If that dint work you also have an alternative:

int[][] list = File.ReadAllLines("myfile.txt")
               .Select(l => l.Split(',').Select(i => int.Parse(i)).ToArray())
               .ToArray();

Upvotes: 1

C S
C S

Reputation: 153

You are reading all lines, but the code then only processes one line. If you're trying to make a 2D array of integers, you want something like this:

string text = @"2,3,4,5,6 5,2,3,4,5 2,4,6,7,4";

text.Split('\n').Select(line => line.Split(',').Select(t => int.Parse(t)).ToArray()).ToArray();

(where for test purposes I've replaced the file read with a static string)

Upvotes: 0

Equalsk
Equalsk

Reputation: 8194

// Read the text file
var text = File.ReadAllLines(@"path\to\file.txt");

// Split on `,`, convert to int32, add to array, add to outer array
var result = text.Select(x => (x.Split(',').Select(Int32.Parse).ToArray())).ToArray();

Result is int[][].

Upvotes: 1

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