C#•16mo ago

❔ .NET split string that is in a list

I have this (possibly horrible) code that works

        private void buttonInstanceSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string searchInfo = textBoxSearch.Text;
            string searchDir = Directory.GetParent(AppContext.BaseDirectory).Parent.FullName + @"\instances";
            listBoxSearch.Items.Clear();

            var list_of_files_that_match = Directory.EnumerateFiles(searchDir, "README.md", SearchOption.AllDirectories).Where(delegate (string t)
            {
                return File.ReadAllText(t).Contains(searchInfo, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
            }).ToList();

            foreach (var value in list_of_files_that_match)
            {
                listBoxSearch.Items.Add(value);
            }
        }

        private void buttonInstanceSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string searchInfo = textBoxSearch.Text;
            string searchDir = Directory.GetParent(AppContext.BaseDirectory).Parent.FullName + @"\instances";
            listBoxSearch.Items.Clear();

            var list_of_files_that_match = Directory.EnumerateFiles(searchDir, "README.md", SearchOption.AllDirectories).Where(delegate (string t)
            {
                return File.ReadAllText(t).Contains(searchInfo, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
            }).ToList();

            foreach (var value in list_of_files_that_match)
            {
                listBoxSearch.Items.Add(value);
            }
        }

The output is a list of full path to a file. I would like to split/remove the /README.md from the results. is this possible?

34 Replies

Angius•16mo ago

So... you want to remove the last item in a list?

MODiX•16mo ago

Angius

REPL Result: Success

var path = @"C:/Documents/Unga/Bunga/Readme.md";
var list = path.Split('/');
var noLast = list[..^1];
string.Join('/', noLast)

var path = @"C:/Documents/Unga/Bunga/Readme.md";
var list = path.Split('/');
var noLast = list[..^1];
string.Join('/', noLast)

Result: string

C:/Documents/Unga/Bunga

C:/Documents/Unga/Bunga

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razeedazeeOP•16mo ago

that looks like the result, the \README.md so i just have path.

Angius•16mo ago

? You want just the path, without the file name? Use Path.DirectoryName() then

mtreit•16mo ago

.Where(delegate (string t)

.Where(delegate (string t)

Angius•16mo ago

var listOfMatchingFiles = Directory.EnumerateFiles(searchDir, "README.md", SearchOptions.AllDirectories
    .Where(t => File.ReadAllText(t).Contains(searchInfo, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)
    .Select(Path.DirectoryName)
    .ToList();

var listOfMatchingFiles = Directory.EnumerateFiles(searchDir, "README.md", SearchOptions.AllDirectories
    .Where(t => File.ReadAllText(t).Contains(searchInfo, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)
    .Select(Path.DirectoryName)
    .ToList();

First thing I noticed lol

mtreit•16mo ago

 return File.ReadAllText(t).Contains(searchInfo, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);

 return File.ReadAllText(t).Contains(searchInfo, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);

From an efficiency standpoint this also pains me, but I realize this question is probably not about optimizing performance.

razeedazeeOP•16mo ago

i am a NET noob, i am pasting away till things work with a poor grasp i need to the search the README.md files for a string and ideally list the parent dir.

MODiX•16mo ago

Angius

Use Path.DirectoryName() then

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MODiX•16mo ago

Angius

REPL Result: Failure

Path.DirectoryName(@"C:/Documents/Unga/Bunga/Readme.md")

Path.DirectoryName(@"C:/Documents/Unga/Bunga/Readme.md")

Exception: CompilationErrorException

- 'Path' does not contain a definition for 'DirectoryName'

- 'Path' does not contain a definition for 'DirectoryName'

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Angius•16mo ago

umm

MODiX•16mo ago

Angius

REPL Result: Success

Path.GetDirectoryName(@"C:/Documents/Unga/Bunga/Readme.md")

Path.GetDirectoryName(@"C:/Documents/Unga/Bunga/Readme.md")

Result: string

C:/Documents/Unga/Bunga

C:/Documents/Unga/Bunga

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Angius•16mo ago

There

mtreit•16mo ago

If I actually had to do this I would probably shell out to ripgrep and parse the output (for performance reasons) but if you want to write it entirely in C# I would at least using a streaming reader instead of ReadAllText. Unless the set of files is always going to be so tiny it doesn't matter.

razeedazeeOP•16mo ago

i am using windows forms with net 7 via Visual Studio. the code optimisation thing is going to go over my head unless you ELI5 with examples.

mtreit•16mo ago

Eh, don't worry about it then. Get it working first.

mtreit•16mo ago

(For the record my approach would probably be something like this: https://paste.mod.gg/rfgcrmjmvucq/0) But again, don't optimize until you know you care about making it faster / use less memory.

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razeedazeeOP•16mo ago

this seems to have worked, in regards to function

            foreach (var value in list_of_files_that_match)
            {
                listBoxSearch.Items.Add(Path.GetDirectoryName(value));
            }

            foreach (var value in list_of_files_that_match)
            {
                listBoxSearch.Items.Add(Path.GetDirectoryName(value));
            }

mtreit•16mo ago

cs is the language marker for C#

razeedazeeOP•16mo ago

thanks

razeedazeeOP•16mo ago

razeedazeeOP•16mo ago

@mtreit thanks for the example. i will try understand it

mtreit•16mo ago

Mainly it does two things for performance: 1. Enumerates the directories in parallel (which is why it uses a thread-safe collection to store the results) 2. Does not read the entire file into memory, but instead reads one line at a time. Probably in your case neither is important but as a pattern it's useful to know if you ever need to process very large files, or very large numbers of files, or both.

razeedazeeOP•16mo ago

it won't hurt to try and do it well. right now i'm just fumbling along with googles examples

mtreit•16mo ago

Oh the lineNumber thing can be ignored, I was originally storing that in the result but changed it when I saw you just wanted the directory name. Originally I was storing the file path and the line number where the first match was found.

razeedazeeOP•16mo ago

one thing i would like to know is how to make a function i reuse. i know how to do it in bash scripting. i have some repeated code i would function in bash but not sure how i do it in NET

        private async void buttonYaesha_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            FolderBrowserDialog dialog = new FolderBrowserDialog();
            dialog.InitialDirectory = Directory.GetParent(AppContext.BaseDirectory).Parent.FullName + @"\instances\yaesha";

            if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                selectedInstances = dialog.SelectedPath;
                textBoxInstances.Text = dialog.SelectedPath;
            }

            if (File.Exists(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\README.md"))
            {
                await webView2Readme.EnsureCoreWebView2Async(null);
                string yolo = Markdown.ToHtml(File.ReadAllText(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\README.md"));
                webView2Readme.NavigateToString(yolo);

            }

            pictureBoxMiniMap.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage;
            pictureBoxInfo.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage;

            if (File.Exists(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\info\mini-map.png"))
                pictureBoxMiniMap.Image = Image.FromFile(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\info\mini-map.png");
            else if (File.Exists(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\..\info\mini-map.png"))
                pictureBoxMiniMap.Image = Image.FromFile(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\..\info\mini-map.png");
            else
                pictureBoxMiniMap.Image = null;

            if (File.Exists(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\info\info.png"))
                pictureBoxInfo.Image = Image.FromFile(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\info\info.png");
            else if (File.Exists(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\..\info\info.png"))
                pictureBoxInfo.Image = Image.FromFile(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\..\info\info.png");
            else
                pictureBoxInfo.Image = null;
        }

        private async void buttonYaesha_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            FolderBrowserDialog dialog = new FolderBrowserDialog();
            dialog.InitialDirectory = Directory.GetParent(AppContext.BaseDirectory).Parent.FullName + @"\instances\yaesha";

            if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                selectedInstances = dialog.SelectedPath;
                textBoxInstances.Text = dialog.SelectedPath;
            }

            if (File.Exists(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\README.md"))
            {
                await webView2Readme.EnsureCoreWebView2Async(null);
                string yolo = Markdown.ToHtml(File.ReadAllText(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\README.md"));
                webView2Readme.NavigateToString(yolo);

            }

            pictureBoxMiniMap.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage;
            pictureBoxInfo.SizeMode = PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage;

            if (File.Exists(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\info\mini-map.png"))
                pictureBoxMiniMap.Image = Image.FromFile(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\info\mini-map.png");
            else if (File.Exists(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\..\info\mini-map.png"))
                pictureBoxMiniMap.Image = Image.FromFile(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\..\info\mini-map.png");
            else
                pictureBoxMiniMap.Image = null;

            if (File.Exists(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\info\info.png"))
                pictureBoxInfo.Image = Image.FromFile(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\info\info.png");
            else if (File.Exists(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\..\info\info.png"))
                pictureBoxInfo.Image = Image.FromFile(dialog.SelectedPath + @"\..\info\info.png");
            else
                pictureBoxInfo.Image = null;
        }

i have a few buttons using same code except for different dirs i should be able to make a function here?

mtreit•16mo ago

Sure, making functions (methods) is a good practice. If you are using Visual Studio there is an "extract method" thing you can use to highlight the repeated code and turn it into a method

razeedazeeOP•16mo ago

thanks

mtreit•16mo ago

Also, use Path.Combine to combine paths and filenames, instead of string concatenation.

razeedazeeOP•16mo ago

@mtreit when i look at your example, why does my visual studio shwo this error

razeedazeeOP•16mo ago

i kind of understand the error, but i don't get what solution is

mtreit•16mo ago

I wrote a stand-alone program that uses top-level statements - that code is inside a (compiler-generated) Main method that has a parameter named args, as most console programs do. If you're writing a GUI program it won't have that.

Accord•15mo ago

Was this issue resolved? If so, run /close - otherwise I will mark this as stale and this post will be archived until there is new activity.

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