Extract data from text files and make a list from them C#

Question

Having trouble figuring this out.

I have to read text files with data and want to convert each of them into an array.

DataList

dataOne
dataTwo
dataThree
etc.....

ItemList

listOne
listTwo
listThree
etc.....

so read the Items and store them in a list

List<string> dataList = new List<string>();
List<string> itemList = new List<string>();

Then Console.WriteLine the list

Console.WriteLine(dataList[0] + itemList[0]);

I have been trying to use StreamReader to input the text files, but it doesn't seem to add them to a array

string dataListFile = @"..\..\FileIOExtraFiles\DataFieldsLayout.txt";
            StreamReader dataFile = new StreamReader(dataListFile);

Where in code are you storing your data from the file into your containers? — Khalil Khalaf, May 19 '16 at 00:03
Can you provide us with the code you tried to read in the files with? — Tyler Benzing, May 19 '16 at 00:04
not sure if I'm doing this right, Once I import the text files. How would I add them into a List or would it be best into a String[] array — Daniel Rubio, May 19 '16 at 00:08
Did you see _How best to read a File into List_ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6904401/how-best-to-read-a-file-into-liststring — Khalil Khalaf, May 19 '16 at 00:09
what @ydoow suggested work. Now that I have them in an array I will just need to loop each to display. — Daniel Rubio, May 19 '16 at 00:22

ydoow · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-19T00:29:23.500

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string path = @"..\..\FileIOExtraFiles\DataFieldsLayout.txt";
string[] dataList = File.ReadAllLines(path);

edited May 19 '16 at 00:29

answered May 19 '16 at 00:14

ydoow

Thanks, that is working but I had to use string[] instead of List. – Daniel Rubio May 19 '16 at 00:19
Right, I've corrected the type. Feel free to accept the answer if it's working for you. – ydoow May 19 '16 at 00:30

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