Looking for C# equivalent of scanf

c# scanf
Larry picture Larry · Jan 23, 2009 · Viewed 54.7k times · Source

I used to code in C language in the past and I found the scanf function very useful. Unfortunately, there is no equivalent in C#.

I am using using it to parse semi-structured text files.

I found an interresting example of scanf implementation here. Unfortunately, it looks old and incomplete.

Does anyone know a scanf C# implementation ? Or at least something that would work as a reversed string.Format?

Answer

Mitch Wheat picture Mitch Wheat · Jan 23, 2009

Since the files are "semi-structured" can't you use a combination of ReadLine() and TryParse() methods, or the Regex class to parse your data?

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