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How to Split and Sum Members of a String Value

I have a database column that is a text field, and this text field contains values that look like
I=5212;A=97920;D=20181121|I=5176;A=77360;D=20181117|I=5087;A=43975;D=20181109
and can vary sometimes to look like:
I=29;A=20009.34;D=20190712;F=300|I=29;A=2259.34;D=20190714;F=300
Where 'I' represents the invoice Id, 'A' the invoice amount, 'D' the date in YYYYMMDD format and 'F' the original foreign currency value if the invoice was from a foreign supplier.
I am fetching that column and binding it to a datagrid which has a button labelled "Show Amount". On button click, it fetches the selected row and splits the string to extract "A"
I need to fetch all the sections with A= within the column result... i.e
A=97920
A=77360
A=43975
Then sum them all together and display the result on a label.
I have tried splitting using '|' first, extracting the substring 'A=' then splitting it using ';' to get the amount after "=".
string cAlloc;
string[] amount;
string InvoiceTotal;
string SupplierAmount;
string BalanceUnpaid;
DataRowView dv = invoicesDataGrid.SelectedItem as DataRowView;
if (dv != null)
{
cAlloc = dv.Row.ItemArray[7].ToString();
InvoiceTotal = dv.Row.ItemArray[6].ToString();
if (invoicesDataGrid.Columns[3].ToString() == "0")
{
lblAmount.Foreground = Brushes.Red;
lblAmount.Content = "No Amount Has Been Paid Out to the Supplier";
}
else
{
amount = cAlloc.Split('|');
foreach (string i in amount)
{
string toBeSearched = "A=";
string code = i.Substring(i.IndexOf(toBeSearched) + toBeSearched.Length);
string[] res = code.Split(';');
SupplierAmount = res[0];
float InvTotIncl = float.Parse(InvoiceTotal, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat);
float AmountPaid = float.Parse(SupplierAmount, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat);
float BalUnpaid = InvTotIncl - AmountPaid;
BalanceUnpaid = Convert.ToString(BalUnpaid);
if (BalUnpaid == 0)
{
lblAmount.Content = "Amount Paid = " + SupplierAmount + " No Balance Remaining, Supplier Invoice Paid in Full";
}
else if (BalUnpaid < 0)
{
lblAmount.Content = "Amount Paid = " + SupplierAmount + " Supplier Paid an Excess of " + BalanceUnpaid;
}
else
{
lblAmount.Content = "Amount Paid = " + SupplierAmount + " You Still Owe the Supplier a Total of " + BalanceUnpaid; ;
}
}
}
But I am only able to extract A=43975, the very last "A=". Instead of all three, plus I have not figured out how to sum the strings. Somebody help... please.

Regex is prefered solution. Alternatively split, split and split.
var cAlloc = "I=29;A=20009.34;D=20190712;F=300|I=29;A=2259.34;D=20190714;F=300";
var amount = cAlloc.Split('|');
decimal sum = 0;
foreach (string i in amount)
{
foreach (var t in i.Split(';'))
{
var p = t.Split('=');
if (p[0] == "A")
{
var s = decimal.Parse(p[1], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
sum += s;
break;
}
}
}

var in1 = "I=5212;A=97920;D=20181121|I=5176;A=77360;D=20181117|I=5087;A=43975;D=20181109";
var in2 = "I=29;A=20009.34;D=20190712;F=300|I=29;A=2259.34;D=20190714;F=300";
var reg = #"A=(\d+(\.\d+)?)";
Regex.Matches(in1, reg).OfType<Match>().Sum(m => double.Parse(m.Groups[1].Value));
Regex.Matches(in2, reg).OfType<Match>().Sum(m => double.Parse(m.Groups[1].Value));
You're doing too much work for something like this. Here's a simpler solution using Regex.

If the invoice amount is always located as a second value in the set you can access it directly by index after split:
var str = "I=5212;A=97920;D=20181121|I=5176;A=77360;D=20181117|I=5087;A=43975;D=20181109";
var invoices = str.Trim().Split(new[] { '|' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
var totalSum = 0M;
foreach (var invoice in invoices)
{
var invoiceParts = invoice.Split(new[] { ';' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
var invoiceAmount = decimal.Parse(invoiceParts[1].Trim().Substring(2));
totalSum += invoiceAmount;
}
Otherwise, you can use a little more "flexible" solution like this:
var str = "I=5212;A=97920;D=20181121|I=5176;A=77360;D=20181117|I=5087;A=43975;D=20181109";
var invoices = str.Trim().Split(new[] { '|' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
var totalSum = 0M;
foreach (var invoice in invoices)
{
var invoiceParts = invoice.Split(new[] { ';' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
var invoiceAmount = decimal.Parse(invoiceParts.First(ip => ip.Trim().ToLower().StartsWith("a=")).Substring(2));
totalSum += invoiceAmount;
}

Import the input: "Deserialisation"
With the following given input, we have a list of object with property name I,A, and D.
var input = "I=5212;A=97920;D=20181121|I=5176;A=77360;D=20181117|I=5087;A=43975;D=20181109";
Give this simple class:
public class inputClass
{
public decimal I { get; set; }
public decimal A { get; set; }
public decimal D { get; set; }
}
Parsing it will look like:
var inputItems =
input.Split('|')
.Select(
x =>
x.Split(';')
.ToDictionary(
y => y.Split('=')[0],
y => y.Split('=')[1]
)
)
.Select(
x => //Manual parsing from dictionary to inputClass.
//If dictionary Key match an object property we could use something more generik.
new inputClass
{
I = decimal.Parse(x["I"], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat),
A = decimal.Parse(x["A"], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat),
D = decimal.Parse(x["D"], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat),
}
)
.ToList();
It look complexe? lets give the inputClass the responsability to initialise it self based on string
PropertyName=Value[; PropertyName=Value] :
public inputClass(string input, NumberFormatInfo numberFormat)
{
var dict = input
.Split(';')
.ToDictionary(
y => y.Split('=')[0],
y => y.Split('=')[1]
);
I = decimal.Parse(dict["I"], numberFormat);
A = decimal.Parse(dict["A"], numberFormat);
D = decimal.Parse(dict["D"], numberFormat);
}
Then the parsing is simple:
var inputItems = input.Split('|').Select(x => new inputClass(x, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat));
Once we have a more useable Structure a List of object We can easly compute Sum, Avg, Max, Min:
var sumA = inputItems.Sum(x => x.A);
Producing the output: "Serialisation"
In order to process the input we will define an object like similar to the Input
public class outputClass
{
public decimal I { get; set; }
public decimal A { get; set; }
public decimal D { get; set; }
public decimal F { get; set; }
The Class should be able to produce the String PropertyName=Value[; PropertyName=Value], :
public override string ToString()
{
return $"I={I};A={A};D={D};F={F}";
}
Then producing and string "serialisation" after computing the ListOutput based on the List input:
//process The input into the output.
var outputItems = new List<outputClass>();
foreach (var item in inputItems)
{
// compute things to be able to create the nex output item
item.A++;
outputItems.Add(
new outputClass { A = item.A, D = item.D, I = item.I, F = 42 }
);
}
// "Serialisation"
var outputString = String.Join("|", outputItems);
Online Demo. https://dotnetfiddle.net/VcEQmf
Long story short:
Define a class with the property you will use/display.
Add a constructor that take a string like "I=5212;A=97920;D=20181121"
nb: the String may contain property that will not be map to the object
Override the ToString(), so It can easly produce it's serialisation.
nb: Property and value that are not stored in the object will not be in the serialisation result.
Now You simply have to split on your line/object separator "|" and you are ready to go using real object, not having to care about that weird string anymore.
PS:
There was a little missunderstand about your 2 type of inputs, I mentally saw them as input, output. Dont mind those name. It can be the same class. It doens't change anything in this answer.

Extract overlapping substrings from a list of strings using LINQ

I have the following list of strings {"a","b","c","d","e"}. How can I obtain sublists of length 3 using LINQ like this:
{"a","b","c"}
{"b","c","d"}
{"c","d","e"}
I am not looking for every combination
var list = students.OrderBy(student => student.LastName)
.Select(student => student);
List<Student> sortedStudents = list.ToList();
var triplets = from x in sortedStudents
from y in sortedStudents
from z in sortedStudents
select new { x, y, z};
StudentListBox.ItemsSource = triplets;
I am not looking for something like
{"a","b","c"}
{"a","b","d"}
{"a","b","e"}
.............
{"d","a","b"}
{"d","a","c"}
{"d","a","e"} and so on
Student class
class Student
{
public Student()
{
}
public String FirstName
{
get;
set;
}
public String LastName
{
get;
set;
}
public DateTime Birthday
{
get;
set;
}
public override string ToString()
{
return FirstName + " " + LastName;
}
}

You can us an overload of Select which gets the index of current element as an extra parameter to the selector and use it like this:
var triplets = sortedStudents.Take(list.Count - 2)
.Select((x, i) => new { S1 = x, S2 = list[i+1], S3 = list[i+2] });

Here is one approach with Linq - .Take(3)defines length of 3
string[] input = { "a", "b", "c", "d", "e" };
var result = Enumerable.Range(0, input.Length - 2).Select(x => input.Skip(x).Take(3));

Just loop the strings in your array:
public IEnumerable<IEnumerable<string>> GetTriples(string[] myArray)
{
for (int i = 0; i < myArray.Length - 2; i++)
{
yield return myArray.Skip(i).Take(3);
}
}
This codes loops every string in your array and gets the next two strings.

Assuming (because you haven't got a complete code sample) that you want to take triples of items from your collection in the order in which they appear, you can use a combination of Skip and Take to give you subsets representing your triples.
var triplets = new List<IEnumerable<Student>>();
for(int i = 0; i < (sortedStudents.Count - 2); i++)
{
triplets.Add(sortedStudents.Skip(i).Take(3));
}

Sort a List in which each element contains 2 Values

I have a text file that contains Values in this Format: Time|ID:
180|1
60 |2
120|3
Now I want to sort them by Time. The Output also should be:
60 |2
120|3
180|1
How can I solve this problem? With this:
var path = #"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\test.txt";
List<string> list = File.ReadAllLines(path).ToList();
list.Sort();
for (var i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine(list[i]);
}
I got no success ...

3 steps are necessary to do the job:
1) split by the separator
2) convert to int because in a string comparison a 6 comes after a 1 or 10
3) use OrderBy to sort your collection
Here is a linq solution in one line doing all 3 steps:
list = list.OrderBy(x => Convert.ToInt32(x.Split('|')[0])).ToList();
Explanation
x => lambda expression, x denotes a single element in your list
x.Split('|')[0] splits each string and takes only the first part of it (time)
Convert.ToInt32(.. converts the time into a number so that the ordering will be done in the way you desire
list.OrderBy( sorts your collection
EDIT:
Just to understand why you got the result in the first place here is an example of comparison of numbers in string representation using the CompareTo method:
int res = "6".CompareTo("10");
res will have the value of 1 (meaning that 6 is larger than 10 or 6 follows 10)
According to the documentation->remarks:
The CompareTo method was designed primarily for use in sorting or alphabetizing operations.

You should parse each line of the file content and get values as numbers.
string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines("path");
// ID, time
var dict = new Dictionary<int, int>();
// Processing each line of the file content
foreach (var line in lines)
{
string[] splitted = line.Split('|');
int time = Convert.ToInt32(splitted[0]);
int ID = Convert.ToInt32(splitted[1]);
// Key = ID, Value = Time
dict.Add(ID, time);
}
var orderedListByID = dict.OrderBy(x => x.Key).ToList();
var orderedListByTime = dict.OrderBy(x => x.Value).ToList();
Note that I use your ID reference as Key of dictionary assuming that ID should be unique.
Short code version
// Key = ID Value = Time
var orderedListByID = lines.Select(x => x.Split('|')).ToDictionary(x => Convert.ToInt32(x[1]), x => Convert.ToInt32(x[0])).OrderBy(x => x.Key).ToList();
var orderedListByTime = lines.Select(x => x.Split('|')).ToDictionary(x => Convert.ToInt32(x[1]), x => Convert.ToInt32(x[0])).OrderBy(x => x.Value).ToList();

You need to convert them to numbers first. Sorting by string won't give you meaningful results.
times = list.Select(l => l.Split('|')[0]).Select(Int32.Parse);
ids = list.Select(l => l.Split('|')[1]).Select(Int32.Parse);
pairs = times.Zip(ids, (t, id) => new{Time = t, Id = id})
.OrderBy(x => x.Time)
.ToList();

Thank you all, this is my Solution:
var path = #"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\test.txt";
List<string> list = File.ReadAllLines(path).ToList();
list = list.OrderBy(x => Convert.ToInt32(x.Split('|')[0])).ToList();
for(var i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine(list[i]);
}

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;
public class TestClass {
public static void main(String[] args) {
List <LineItem> myList = new ArrayList<LineItem>();
myList.add(LineItem.getLineItem(500, 30));
myList.add(LineItem.getLineItem(300, 20));
myList.add(LineItem.getLineItem(900, 100));
System.out.println(myList);
Collections.sort(myList);
System.out.println("list after sort");
System.out.println(myList);
}
}
class LineItem implements Comparable<LineItem>{
int time;
int id ;
#Override
public String toString() {
return ""+ time + "|"+ id + " ";
}
#Override
public int compareTo(LineItem o) {
return this.time-o.time;
}
public static LineItem getLineItem( int time, int id ){
LineItem l = new LineItem();
l.time=time;
l.id=id;
return l;
}
}

What is the easiest way to split columns from a txt file

I've been looking around a bit but haven't really found a good example with what I'm struggling right now.
I have a .txt file with a couple of columns as follows:
# ID,YYYYMMDD, COLD,WATER, OD, OP,
52,20120406, 112, 91, 20, 130,
53,20130601, 332, 11, 33, 120,
And I'm reading these from the file into a string[] array.
I'd like to split them into a list
for example
List results, and [0] index will be the first index of the columns
results[0].ID
results[0].COLD
etc..
Now I've been looking around, and came up with the "\\\s+" split
but I'm not sure how to go about it since each entry is under another one.
string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines(path);
List<Bus> results = new List<Bus>();
//Bus = class with all the vars in it
//such as Bus.ID, Bus.COLD, Bus.YYYYMMDD
foreach (line in lines) {
var val = line.Split("\\s+");
//not sure where to go from here
}
Would greatly appreciate any help!
Kind regards, Venomous.

I suggest using Linq, something like this:
List<Bus> results = File
.ReadLines(#"C:\MyFile.txt") // we have no need to read All lines in one go
.Skip(1) // skip file's title
.Select(line => line.Split(','))
.Select(items => new Bus( //TODO: check constructor's syntax
int.Parse(items[1]),
int.Parse(items[3]),
DateTime.ParseExact(items[2], "yyyyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)))
.ToList();

I would do
public class Foo
{
public int Id {get; set;}
public string Date {get; set;}
public double Cold {get; set;}
//...more
}
Then read the file
var l = new List<Foo>();
foreach (line in lines)
{
var sp = line.Split(',');
var foo = new Foo
{
Id = int.Parse(sp[0].Trim()),
Date = sp[1].Trim(),//or pharse the date to a date time struct
Cold = double.Parse(sp[2].Trim())
}
l.Add(foo);
}
//now l contains a list filled with Foo objects

I would probably keep a List of properties and use reflection to populate the object, something like this :
var columnMap = new[]{"ID","YYYYMMDD","COLD","WATER","OD","OP"};
var properties = columnMap.Select(typeof(Bus).GetProperty).ToList();
var resultList = new List<Bus>();
foreach(var line in lines)
{
var val = line.Split(',');
var adding = new Bus();
for(int i=0;i<val.Length;i++)
{
properties.ForEach(p=>p.SetValue(adding,val[i]));
}
resultList.Add(adding);
}
This is assuming that all of your properties are strings however

Something like this perhaps...
results.Add(new Bus
{
ID = val[0],
YYYYMMDD = val[1],
COLD = val[2],
WATER = val[3],
OD = val[4],
OP = val[5]
});
Keep in mind that all of the values in the val array are still strings at this point. If the properties of Bus are typed, you will need to parse them into the correct types e.g. assume ID is typed as an int...
ID = string.IsNullOrEmpty(val[0]) ? default(int) : int.Parse(val[0]),
Also, if the column headers are actually present in the file in the first line, you'll need to skip/disregard that line and process the rest.

Given that we have the Bus class with all the variables from your textfile:
class Bus
{
public int id;
public DateTime date;
public int cold;
public int water;
public int od;
public int op;
public Bus(int _id, DateTime _date, int _cold, int _water, int _od, int _op)
{
id = _id;
date = _date;
cold = _cold;
water = _water;
od = _od;
op = _op;
}
}
Then we can list them all in the results list like this:
List<Bus> results = new List<Bus>();
foreach (string line in File.ReadAllLines(path))
{
if (line.StartsWith("#"))
continue;
string[] parts = line.Replace(" ", "").Split(','); // Remove all spaces and split at commas
results.Add(new Bus(
int.Parse(parts[0]),
DateTime.ParseExact(parts[1], "yyyyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
int.Parse(parts[2]),
int.Parse(parts[3]),
int.Parse(parts[4]),
int.Parse(parts[5])
));
}
And access the values as you wish:
results[0].id;
results[0].cold;
//etc.
I hope this helps.

How to convert string array to int array to make calculation?

I want to read the integers after the /. thats why i tried to use this code:
while ((line = file.ReadLine()) != null)
{
string[] ip = line.Split('/');
Console.WriteLine(ip[1]);
}
this code returns me this integers as string. I want to some math calculation with this numbers ,for example, multiplication. I tried this code but it doesnt work
int[] intArray = Array.ConvertAll(ip, int.Parse);

You are trying to convert each item of ip array to integer. At lease second item of it - "24 25 26 27" cannot be converted to single integer value. You should take this item of ip array, split it by white space and then parse each part to integer:
int[] intArray = ip[1].Split().Select(Int32.Parse).ToArray();
Or
int[] intArray = Array.ConvertAll(ip[1].Split(), Int32.Parse);

If its really about IP-Adresses, this might help
class IPV4Adress
{
public int BlockA {get; set;}
public int BlockB {get; set;}
public int BlockC {get; set;}
public int BlockD {get; set;}
public IPV4Adress(string input)
{
If(String.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
throw new ArgumentException(input);
int[] parts = input.Split(new char{',', '.'}).Select(Int32.Pase).ToArray();
BlockA = parts[0];
BlockB = parts[1];
BlockC = parts[2];
BlockD = parts[3];
}
public override ToString()
{
return String.Format("{0}.{1}.{2}.{3}",BlockA, BlockB, BlockC, BlockD);
}
}
Then read it from File:
IPV4Adress[] adresses = File.ReadLines(fileName).SelectMany(line=>line.Split('/')).Select(part => new IPV4Adress(part)).ToArray();

Given an array you can use the Array.ConvertAll method:
int[] myInts = Array.ConvertAll(arr, s => int.Parse(s));
(or)
int[] myInts = arr.Select(s => int.Parse(s)).ToArray();
(Or)
var converted = arr.Select(int.Parse)
A LINQ solution is similar, except you would need the extra ToArray call to get an array:
int[] myInts = arr.Select(int.Parse).ToArray();
Sourec