how to parse this text in c#

Question

abc  = tamaz feeo maa roo key gaera porla
Xyz = gippaza eka jaguar ammaz te sanna.

i want to make a struct

public struct word
{
 public string Word;
 public string Definition;
}

how i can parse them and make a list of <word> in c#.

how i can parse it in c#

thanks for help but it is a text and it is not sure that a line or more so what i do for newline

Answer 1

Read the input line by line and split by the equal sign.

class Entry
{
    private string term;
    private string definition;

    Entry(string term, string definition)
    {
        this.term = term;
        this.definition = definition;
    }
}

// ...

string[] data = line.Split('=');
string word = data[0].Trim();
string definition = data[1].Trim();

Entry entry = new Entry(word, definition);

Answer 2

Use Regular Expressions

Answer 3

// Split at an = sign. Take at most two parts (word and definition); 
//    ignore any = signs in the definition
string[] parts = line.Split(new[] { '=' }, 2);

word w = new word();
w.Word = parts[0].Trim();

// If the definition is missing then parts.Length == 1
if (parts.Length == 1)
    w.Definition = string.Empty;
else
    w.Definition = parts[1].Trim();

words.Add(w);

Answer 4

This can also be done using a very simple LINQ query:

var definitions =
    from line in File.ReadAllLines(file)
    let parts = line.Split('=')
    select new word
        {
            Word = parts[0].Trim(),
            Definition = parts[1].Trim()
        }

Answer 5

Using RegExp you can proceed in two ways, depending on your source input

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Exemple 1

Assuming you have read your source and saved any single line in a vector or list :

string[] input = { "abc  = tamaz feeo maa roo key gaera porla", "Xyz = gippaza eka jaguar ammaz te sanna." };

 Regex mySplit = new Regex("(\\w+)\\s*=\\s*((\\w+).*)");

 List<word> mylist = new List<word>();

 foreach (string wordDef in input)
 {
      Match myMatch = mySplit.Match(wordDef);

      word myWord;

      myWord.Word = myMatch.Groups[1].Captures[0].Value;
      myWord.Definition = myMatch.Groups[2].Captures[0].Value;

       mylist.Add(myWord);
 }

Exemple 2

Assuming you have read your source in a single variable (and any line is terminated with the line break character '\n') you can use the same regexp "(\w+)\s*=\s*((\w+).*)" but in this way

string inputs = "abc  = tamaz feeo maa roo, key gaera porla\r\nXyz = gippaza eka jaguar; ammaz: te sanna.";

MatchCollection myMatches = mySplit.Matches(inputs);

foreach (Match singleMatch in myMatches)
{

    word myWord;

    myWord.Word = singleMatch.Groups[1].Captures[0].Value;
    myWord.Definition = singleMatch.Groups[2].Captures[0].Value;

    mylist.Add(myWord);
}

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Lines that matches or does not match the regexp "(\w+)\s=\s*((\w+).)":

• "abc = tamaz feeo maa roo key gaera porla,qsdsdsqdqsd\n" --> Match!
• "Xyz= gippaza eka jaguar ammaz te sanna. sdq=sqds \n" --> Match! you can insert description that includes spaces too.
• "qsdqsd=\nsdsdsd\n" --> Match a multiline pair too!
• "sdqsd=\n" --> DO NOT Match! (lacking descr)
• "= sdq sqdqsd.\n" --> DO NOT Match! (lacking word)