Question

I’ve got a button where if I click it, it retrieves player information on a game server.
I need to figure out a way to display this in a grid.

When I do a Console.Write(sendRConCommand(“players”))

This is outputted to my console:

Players on server:
[#] [IP Address]:[Port] [Ping] [GUID] [Name]
--------------------------------------------------
0   XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX    46   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) [FF]Otto
1   XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX   109  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) [BBC] Emma Watson
2   XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX      46   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) [FF]Miikka
3   XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX   46   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) Bops
4   XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX      32   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) [BBC] Wesley Snipes
5   XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX    31   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) Pierre
6   XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX     46   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) bertrand
7   XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX     -1   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) SIGGI (Lobby)
8   XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX    47   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) Min (Lobby)
9   XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX     32   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) Frostpwnz
10  XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX   31   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) Zulu BASSA (Lobby)
11  XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX     31   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) Zardock (Lobby)
14  XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:XXXX    63   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(OK) plbmas
(13 players in total)

I need to figure out how to display this information in a grid, with the column headers that are shown as well.

Thanks in advance 🙂

Answer 1

You will need to convert the text into a data structure. Currently it is all text, so it will be displayed in only one column.

I suggest, you split the data based on carriage returns, then for each player row (line 3 onwards), split the columns. The following is a rough code outline, edit as required.

        // Setup Datatable to hold the information
        DataTable dt = new DataTable();
        dt.Columns.AddRange(new DataColumn[] {
            new DataColumn("Number", typeof(int)), 
            new DataColumn("IP Address", typeof(string)),
            new DataColumn("Ping", typeof(int)),
            new DataColumn("GUID", typeof(string)),
            new DataColumn("Name", typeof(string))
        });

        // Get info            
        string info = sendRConCommand("players");

        // Split Rows
        string[] infoRows = info.Split(new string[] { Environment.NewLine }, StringSplitOptions.None);
        int start = 3; // ignore first 3 lines
        while (start < infoRows.Length - 1) // Ignore last line
        {
            // Split row on spaces, and remove anything that is an empty space
            string[] row = infoRows[start].Split(new string[] { " " }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
            DataRow dr = dt.NewRow();
            dr["Number"] = int.Parse(row[0].ToString());
            dr["IP Address"] = row[1].ToString();
            dr["Ping"] = int.Parse(row[2].ToString());
            dr["GUID"] = row[3].ToString();
            int nameItem = 4;
            while (nameItem < row.Length)
            {   // Names can have spaces, so we need to merge
                dr["Name"] += " " + row[nameItem].ToString();
                nameItem++;
            }
            dr["Name"] = dr["Name"].ToString().Trim(); // Trim any leading spaces
            dt.Rows.Add(dr);
            start++;
        }

        // Job Done
        mygridview.DataSource = dt;

Where mygridview is your grid.

I have put it all into a data table, but custom objects, list etc would also work.