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?
If regular expressions aren’t working for you, I’ve just posted a
sscanf()replacement for .NET. The code can be viewed and downloaded at http://www.blackbeltcoder.com/Articles/strings/a-sscanf-replacement-for-net.