Question

I am looking for fast class for to work with text files and comfortable reading different object (methods like NextInt32, NextDouble, NextLine, etc). Can you advice me something?

Edit: BinaryReader is bad class in my case. Format of my data is not binary. I have file like

1 2 3
FirstToken NextToken
1.23 2,34

And I want read this file with code like:

int a = FileReader.NextInt32();
int b = FileReader.NextInt32();
int c = FileReader.NextInt32();
int d = FileReader.NextString();
int e = FileReader.NextString();
int f = FileReader.NextDouble();
int g = FileReader.NextDouble();

Edit2: I am looking for analog Scanner from Java

Answer 1

I’m going to add this as a separate answer because it’s quite distinct from the answer I already gave. Here’s how you could start creating your own Scanner class:

class Scanner : System.IO.StringReader
{
  string currentWord;

  public Scanner(string source) : base(source)
  {
     readNextWord();
  }

  private void ReadNextWord()
  {
     System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     char nextChar;
     int next;
     do
     {
        next = this.Read();
        if (next < 0)
           break;
        nextChar = (char)next;
        if (char.IsWhiteSpace(nextChar))
           break;
        sb.Append(nextChar);
     } while (true);
     while((this.Peek() >= 0) && (char.IsWhiteSpace((char)this.Peek())))
        this.Read();
     if (sb.Length > 0)
        currentWord = sb.ToString();
     else
        currentWord = null;
  }

  public bool HasNextInt()
  {
     if (currentWord == null)
        return false;
     int dummy;
     return int.TryParse(currentWord, out dummy);
  }

  public int NextInt()
  {
     try
     {
        return int.Parse(currentWord);
     }
     finally
     {
        readNextWord();
     }
  }

  public bool HasNextDouble()
  {
     if (currentWord == null)
        return false;
     double dummy;
     return double.TryParse(currentWord, out dummy);
  }

  public double NextDouble()
  {
     try
     {
        return double.Parse(currentWord);
     }
     finally
     {
        readNextWord();
     }
  }

  public bool HasNext()
  {
     return currentWord != null;
  }
}