how to convert contents of a text file into individual array

Question

this is my text file

Id:1
Source:86876786
Destination:878979723
Date:1/16/2021 3:31:22 PM
Status: Failed
Network :Jio

I have to store everything into individual array.I have to display like this id Source Destination Date Status Network

Answer 1

If I was tasked with this I would perhaps have something to hold the data:

public class X {
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public long Source { get; set; }
    public long Destination { get; set; }
    public DateTime TheDate { get; set; }
    public string Status { get; set; }
    public string Network { get; set; }
}

And then something to parse it:

var lines = File.ReadAllLines(path);

var exes = new List<X>();
var current = new X();

for(int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++){
{
    var bits = lines[i].Split(":", 2);

    if (bits[0] == "Id") current.Id = int.Parse(bits[1]);
    else if (bits[0] == "Source") current.Source = long.Parse(bits[1]);
    else if (bits[0] == "Destination") current.Destination = long.Parse(bits[1]);
    else if (bits[0] == "Date") current.TheDate = DateTime.ParseExact(bits[1], "M/dd/yyyy h:mm:ss tt", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
    else if (bits[0] == "Status") current.Status = bits[1].Trim();
    else if (bits[0] == "Network ") current.Network = bits[1];

    if(i % 6 == 5){
        exes.Add(current);
        current = new();
    }

}

It will tolerate lines in any order, but they have to come in groups of 6. If they will come in the same order, but might not be in groups of 6 (eg if the Status line is unknown then it's missing from the file) we can use a hash set to track if we've already read a value for the current item

var exes = new List<X>();
var current = new X();
var hs = new HashSet<string>();

foreach (var line in lines)
{
    var bits = line.Split(":", 2);

    if (!hs.Add(bits[0]))
    {
        exes.Add(current);
        current = new();
        hs.Clear();
    }

    if (bits[0] == "Id") current.Id = int.Parse(bits[1]);
    else if (bits[0] == "Source") current.Source = long.Parse(bits[1]);
    else if (bits[0] == "Destination") current.Destination = long.Parse(bits[1]);
    else if (bits[0] == "Date") current.TheDate = DateTime.ParseExact(bits[1], "M/dd/yyyy h:mm:ss tt", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
    else if (bits[0] == "Status") current.Status = bits[1];
    else if (bits[0] == "Network") current.Network = bits[1];

}

If they change order and don't come in groups of 6, you need something else to delimit groups. Use JSON

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Then just go through your List<X> and diplay them how you want. Give X a better name too