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Using StreamReader to fetch the value

Using StreamReader, I am trying to fetch the values from CSV file to a DataTable.

It can be DataTable or any Collection Class or Structure to which the value has to be assigned.

In my below syntax after While () Statement, i wrote an array - foreach syntax to get value by value and assign to a datacolumn. My syntax is completely incorrect and so i am not able to get the values and assign to the datatable. How should i read the CSV file and get the value to the datacolumn

 public static DataTable GetInvoiceHeader(string strFileName)
        {
            DataTable dtInvoiceHeader = new DataTable();
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("Invoice_Date", typeof(DateTime));
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("Invoice_Number", typeof(long));
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("Account_Number", typeof(long));
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("DEA_Number", typeof(long));
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("Sales_Rep", typeof(long));
            try
            {
                using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(strFileName))
                {
                    string line;
                    line = sr.ReadLine();
                    while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != "Invoice Date,Invoice Number,Account Number,DEA Number,Sales Rep,,,,,,,,,,")
                    {                       
                    }
                    // Split on these
                    char[] commadelimiter = new char[] { ',' };   
                    
                    string[] strArray = line.Split(commadelimiter, StringSplitOptions.None);
                    foreach (string strValue in strArray)
                    {
                        MessageBox.Show(strValue);
                    }
                }
                    
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
            return dtInvoiceHeader;
        }

    }

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I am expecting the output to be. these values are there in txt fie

Invoice_Date = 5/30/2013
Invoice_Number = 1000
Account_Number = 0
DEA_Number =BM00000000
Sales_Rep = 928
FileStream.txt

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Thanks but the issue is my syntax is fetching the header field.

I am expecting something like - StreamReader.ReadNextLine

Because only in the next line we have the actual field values for those Headers

chokka

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I fixed that issue by this syntax

line = sr.ReadLine() + 1;

But still i am facing TypeCast Error for DateTime

 public static DataTable GetInvoiceHeader(string strFileName)
        {
            DataTable dtInvoiceHeader = new DataTable();
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("Invoice_Date", typeof(DateTime));
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("Invoice_Number", typeof(long));
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("Account_Number", typeof(long));
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("DEA_Number", typeof(long));
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("Sales_Rep", typeof(long));
            try
            {
                using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(strFileName))
                {
                    string line;
                    line = sr.ReadLine();
                    while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != "Invoice Date,Invoice Number,Account Number,DEA Number,Sales Rep,,,,,,,,,,")
                    {                       
                    }
                    // Split on these
                    line = sr.ReadLine() + 1;

                    char[] commadelimiter = new char[] { ',' };   
                    
                    string[] strArray = line.Split(commadelimiter, StringSplitOptions.None);
                    foreach (string strValue in strArray)
                    {
                        DataRow dr = dtInvoiceHeader.NewRow();

                        dr["Invoice_Date"] = Convert.ToDateTime(strValue[0]);
                        dr["Invoice_Number"] = Convert.ToInt64(strValue[1]);
                        dr["Account_Number"] = Convert.ToInt64(strValue[2]);
                        dr["DEA_Number"] = Convert.ToInt64(strValue[3]);
                        dr["Sales_Rep"] = Convert.ToInt64(strValue[4]);
                        dtInvoiceHeader.Rows.Add(dr);
                    }
                }
                    
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
            return dtInvoiceHeader;
        }

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kaufmed

What does a line of text from the file look like?

chokka

ASKER

Foreach iteration for Array is not helping me. I change DataColumn datatype to String in order to test the functionality

What's happening is that, Every time foreach loop is sorting only
strValue is picking strArray[0] for first round of iteration

strValue is picking strArray[1] for second round of iteration.

Value is assigned uniformly to all the datacolumns and creating multiple rows of record.

In the end, it throws Index out of bound error.

 public static DataTable GetInvoiceHeader(string strFileName)
        {
            DataTable dtInvoiceHeader = new DataTable();
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("Invoice_Date", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("Invoice_Number", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("Account_Number", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("DEA_Number", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceHeader.Columns.Add("Sales_Rep", typeof(string));
            try
            {
                using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(strFileName))
                {
                    string line;
                    line = sr.ReadLine();
                    while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != "Invoice Date,Invoice Number,Account Number,DEA Number,Sales Rep,,,,,,,,,,")
                    {                       
                    }
                    // Split on these
                    line = sr.ReadLine() + 1;

                    char[] commadelimiter = new char[] { ',' };   
                    
                    string[] strArray = line.Split(commadelimiter, StringSplitOptions.None);
                    foreach (string strValue in strArray)
                    {
                        DataRow dr = dtInvoiceHeader.NewRow();

                        dr["Invoice_Date"] = strValue;
                        dr["Invoice_Number"] = strValue;
                        dr["Account_Number"] = strValue;
                        dr["DEA_Number"] = strValue;
                        dr["Sales_Rep"] = strValue;
                        dtInvoiceHeader.Rows.Add(dr);
                    }
                    
                }
                    
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
            return dtInvoiceHeader;
        }

    }

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kaufmed

What's happening is that, Every time foreach loop is sorting only
strValue is picking strArray[0] for first round of iteration

strValue is picking strArray[1] for second round of iteration.

Well yeah...that's how you wrote it = )

A for(each) loop isn't going to help you here. You'll need to set the indexes to index the array manually (i.e. sans loop). ged325 showed you this in his first post.

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chokka

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Thank you CodeCruiser.

I fixed the syntax by

 for (int i = 0; i < (strArray.Length + 1) - strArray.Length; i++)
                    {  }

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From the .csv file, i am collecting two rows of record as follows

Invoice Detail Report,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Ship Qty,Order Qty,Code,UM,,Description,,,,CIN,PO Number,Due Date,DEA Class,Unit Price,Extension
1,1,,EACH,ADVAIR DISKUS,NDC#:00173-0696-00,STR:250-50MCG,FM:ARIN,SZ:60 EA,0,,6/30/2013,0,$82.58 ,$82.58
1,1,,EACH,ADVAIR DISKUS,NDC#:00173-0695-00,STR:100-50MCG,FM:ARIN,SZ:60 EA,0,,6/30/2013,0,$65.29 ,$65.29

Syntax which i wrote picks only first row of record and exit out of the loop. Syntax is not picking the second row of record.

I believe, i am making a mistake in my While loop. I need to fix it. I also attached the original csv file to this posting.

 public static DataTable GetInvoiceDetail(string strFileName)
        {
            DataTable dtInvoiceDetail = new DataTable();
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Ship_Qty", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Order_Qty", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Code", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("UM", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Blank1", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Description", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Blank2", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Blank3", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Blank4", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("CIN", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Due_Date", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("DEA_Class", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Unit_Price", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Extension", typeof(string));
            try
            {

                using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(strFileName))
                {

                    string line;
                    line = sr.ReadLine();
                 

                    while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != "Ship Qty,Order Qty,Code,UM,,Description,,,,CIN,PO Number,Due Date,DEA Class,Unit Price,Extension")
                    {
                    }
                    // Split on these
                    line = sr.ReadLine() + 1;

                    char[] commadelimiter = new char[] { ',' };

                    string[] strArray = line.Split(commadelimiter, StringSplitOptions.None);

                    for (int i = 0; i < (strArray.Length + 1) - strArray.Length; i++)
                    {
                        DataRow dr = dtInvoiceDetail.NewRow();

                        dr["Ship_Qty"] = strArray[0];
                        dr["Order_Qty"] = strArray[1];
                        dr["Code"] = strArray[2];
                        dr["UM"] = strArray[3];
                        dr["Blank1"] = strArray[4];
                        dr["Description"] = strArray[5];
                        dr["Blank2"] = strArray[6];
                        dr["Blank3"] = strArray[7];
                        dr["Blank4"] = strArray[8];
                        dr["CIN"] = strArray[9];
                        dr["Due_Date"] = strArray[10];
                        dr["DEA_Class"] = strArray[11];
                        dr["Unit_Price"] = strArray[12];
                        dr["Extension"] = strArray[13];
                        dtInvoiceDetail.Rows.Add(dr);
                    }

                }
            }

            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
            return dtInvoiceDetail;
        }

    }

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Test-6619289--5-30-2013.csv

Kyle Abrahams, PMP

 
            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(strFileName))
            {
                string line;
                line = sr.ReadLine();


                while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != "Ship Qty,Order Qty,Code,UM,,Description,,,,CIN,PO Number,Due Date,DEA Class,Unit Price,Extension")
                {
                }

                while (!sr.EndOfStream)
                {
                    // Split on these
                    line = sr.ReadLine() + 1;

                    char[] commadelimiter = new char[] { ',' };

                    string[] strArray = line.Split(commadelimiter, StringSplitOptions.None);

                    for (int i = 0; i < (strArray.Length + 1) - strArray.Length; i++)
                    {
                        DataRow dr = dtInvoiceDetail.NewRow();

                        dr["Ship_Qty"] = strArray[0];
                        dr["Order_Qty"] = strArray[1];
                        dr["Code"] = strArray[2];
                        dr["UM"] = strArray[3];
                        dr["Blank1"] = strArray[4];
                        dr["Description"] = strArray[5];
                        dr["Blank2"] = strArray[6];
                        dr["Blank3"] = strArray[7];
                        dr["Blank4"] = strArray[8];
                        dr["CIN"] = strArray[9];
                        dr["Due_Date"] = strArray[10];
                        dr["DEA_Class"] = strArray[11];
                        dr["Unit_Price"] = strArray[12];
                        dr["Extension"] = strArray[13];
                        dtInvoiceDetail.Rows.Add(dr);
                    }
                }
            }

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chokka

ASKER

Thank you ged325

While (!sr.EndOfStream) picks all the following row of records.

Ideally, i need to pick only those two row of records under the row : "Ship Qty,Order Qty,Code,UM,,Description,,,,CIN,PO Number,Due Date,DEA Class,Unit Price,Extension"

Using End of Stream, all the rows of records till the last row of records in the spreadsheet is picked.

 while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != "Ship Qty,Order Qty,Code,UM,,Description,,,,CIN,PO Number,Due Date,DEA Class,Unit Price,Extension")
                {
                }

                while (!sr.EndOfStream)
                {
                    // rest of code in here.
                }

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Syntax is fixed. Thank you ged325,Kaufmed and codecruiser

public static DataTable GetInvoiceDetail(string strFileName)
        {
            DataTable dtInvoiceDetail = new DataTable();
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Ship_Qty", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Order_Qty", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Code", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("UM", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Blank1", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Description", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Blank2", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Blank3", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Blank4", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("CIN", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Due_Date", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("DEA_Class", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Unit_Price", typeof(string));
            dtInvoiceDetail.Columns.Add("Extension", typeof(string));
            try
            {

                using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(strFileName))
                {

                    string line;
                    line = sr.ReadLine();
                 

                    while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != "Ship Qty,Order Qty,Code,UM,,Description,,,,CIN,PO Number,Due Date,DEA Class,Unit Price,Extension")
                    {
                    }

                    while (!sr.EndOfStream)
                    {
                        // Split on these
                        line = sr.ReadLine() + 1;

                        char[] commadelimiter = new char[] { ',' };

                        string[] strArray = line.Split(commadelimiter, StringSplitOptions.None);
                        if (strArray[0].TrimEnd() == "Report Total:")
                            break;

                        for (int i = 0; i < (strArray.Length + 1) - strArray.Length; i++)
                        {
                            DataRow dr = dtInvoiceDetail.NewRow();

                            dr["Ship_Qty"] = strArray[0];
                            dr["Order_Qty"] = strArray[1];
                            dr["Code"] = strArray[2];
                            dr["UM"] = strArray[3];
                            dr["Blank1"] = strArray[4];
                            dr["Description"] = strArray[5];
                            dr["Blank2"] = strArray[6];
                            dr["Blank3"] = strArray[7];
                            dr["Blank4"] = strArray[8];
                            dr["CIN"] = strArray[9];
                            dr["Due_Date"] = strArray[10];
                            dr["DEA_Class"] = strArray[11];
                            dr["Unit_Price"] = strArray[12];
                            dr["Extension"] = strArray[13];
                            dtInvoiceDetail.Rows.Add(dr);
                        }
                        
                    }
                    

                }
            }

            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
            return dtInvoiceDetail;
        }

    }

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