regex - C#: Read data from txt file -

i have .edf (text) file. file's contents follows:

    configfile.sample, software v0.32, cp version 0.32     [123_float][2]     [127_number][0]     [039_code][70] 

i wnat read these items , parse them this:

    123_float - 2     127_number - 0     039_code - 70 

how can using c#?

well, might start file.readalllines() method. then, iterate through lines in file, checking see if match pattern. if do, extract necessary text , whatever want it.

here's example assumes want lines in format [(field 1)][(field 2)]:

// or wherever file located string path = @"c:\myfile.edf";  // pattern check each line regex pattern = new regex(@"\[([^\]]*?)\]");  // read in lines string[] lines = file.readalllines(path);  // iterate through lines foreach (string line in lines) {    // check if line matches format here    var matches = pattern.matches(line);     if (matches.count == 2)    {       string value1 = matches[0].groups[1].value;       string value2 = matches[1].groups[1].value;        console.writeline(string.format("{0} - {1}", value1, value2));    } } 

this outputs them console window, whatever want value1 , value2 (write them file, store them in data structure, etc).

also, please note regular expressions not strong point -- there's more elegant way check if line matches pattern :)

if want more info, check out msdn's article on reading data text file starting point.