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How can we put this data into a DataTable or List<T> and then binded the grid to it

I built a winform project. This project open a mhtml file, then, he display the datagrid and remove the empty column.
i used much time "invoke" in my code. I would like to know how can i put this data into a DataTable or List and then binded the grid to it.
Here is the code :
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
private readonly string ConvertedFileName = "page.html";
private readonly List<string> ColumnsToSeparate = new List<string>() { "life limit", "interval" }; // Delete these columns
private readonly List<string> ExtraColumnsToAdd = new List<string>() { "Calendar", "Flight Hours", "Landing" }; // Add these columns
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
this.Text = $"MhtmlTablesHunter v{Application.ProductVersion}";
}
//browse for specific file type , in this case its .mhtml
private void btnBrowse_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
using (OpenFileDialog openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog())
{
openFileDialog.Title = "Please choose the MHTML file";
openFileDialog.Filter = "MHTML files (*.mhtml)|*.mhtml;"; //the file type specified here
openFileDialog.RestoreDirectory = false;
if (openFileDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
textBoxSourceFile.Text = openFileDialog.FileName;
checkAndExtractTable();
}
}
}
private void checkAndExtractTable()
{
string sourcePath = textBoxSourceFile.Text;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(sourcePath)) //check if the input file path is not empty
{
if (File.Exists(sourcePath)) //check if the input file path is exists
{
Task.Run(async () => await ExtractTable(sourcePath)); //run the extraction process in a thread for the UI to be more responsive
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Source file doesn't exist.");
}
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Please select the source file.");
}
}
//This part concern the headers, rows and columns
public async Task<string> ExtractTable(string sourcePath)
{
try
{
var doc = new HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument();
var converter = new MimeConverter(); //converter used to convert mhtml file to html
if (File.Exists(ConvertedFileName)) //check if previously converted file is exist
{
File.Delete(ConvertedFileName); //delete the file
}
using (FileStream sourceStream = File.OpenRead(sourcePath))
{
using (FileStream destinationStream = File.Open("page.html", FileMode.Create))
{
await converter.Convert(sourceStream, destinationStream); //convert the file to html, it will be stored in the application folder
}
}
doc.Load(ConvertedFileName); //load the html
var tables = doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//table"); //get all the tables
HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlNode table = null;
if (tables.Count > 0)
{
table = tables[tables.Count - 1]; //take the last table
}
if (table != null) //if the table exists
{
dataGridView1.Invoke((Action)delegate //we use delegate because we accessing the datagridview from a different thread
{
this.dataGridView1.Rows.Clear();
this.dataGridView1.Columns.Clear();
});
var rows = table.SelectNodes(".//tr"); //get all the rows
var nodes = rows[0].SelectNodes("th|td"); //get the header row values, first item will be the header row always
string LifeLimitColumnName = ColumnsToSeparate.Where(c => nodes.Any(n => n.InnerText.ToLower().Contains(c))).FirstOrDefault();
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(LifeLimitColumnName))
{
LifeLimitColumnName = "Someunknowncolumn";
}
List<string> headers = new List<string>();
for (int i = 0; i < nodes.Count; i++) // LOOP
{
headers.Add(nodes[i].InnerText);
if (!nodes[i].InnerText.ToLower().Contains(LifeLimitColumnName))
{
dataGridView1.Invoke((Action)delegate
{
dataGridView1.Columns.Add("", nodes[i].InnerText);
});
}
}
int indexOfLifeLimitColumn = headers.FindIndex(h => h.ToLower().Contains(LifeLimitColumnName));
if (indexOfLifeLimitColumn > -1)
{
foreach (var eh in ExtraColumnsToAdd)
{
dataGridView1.Invoke((Action)delegate
{
dataGridView1.Columns.Add("", eh); //add extra header to the datagridview
});
}
}
for (int i = 1; i < rows.Count; i++) ///loop through rest of the rows
{
var row = rows[i];
var nodes2 = row.SelectNodes("th|td"); //get all columns in the current row
List<string> values = new List<string>(); //list to store row values
for (int x = 0; x < nodes2.Count; x++)
{
//rowes.Cells[x].Value = nodes2[x].InnerText;
string cellText = nodes2[x].InnerText.Replace(" ", " ");
values.Add(cellText); //add the cell value in the list
}
// Factory for -> Calendar, Flight Hours, Landings
if (indexOfLifeLimitColumn > -1)
{
values.RemoveAt(indexOfLifeLimitColumn);
string lifeLimitValue = nodes2[indexOfLifeLimitColumn].InnerText.Replace(" ", " ");
string[] splittedValues = lifeLimitValue.Split(' ');
for (int y = 0; y < ExtraColumnsToAdd.Count; y++)
{
if (ExtraColumnsToAdd[y] == "Calendar")
{
string valueToAdd = string.Empty;
string[] times = new string[] { "Years", "Year", "Months", "Month", "Day", "Days" };
if (splittedValues.Any(s => times.Any(t => t == s)))
{
var timeFound = times.Where(t => splittedValues.Any(s => s == t)).FirstOrDefault();
int index = splittedValues.ToList().FindIndex(s => s.Equals(timeFound));
valueToAdd = $"{splittedValues[index - 1]} {timeFound}";
}
values.Add(valueToAdd);
}
else if (ExtraColumnsToAdd[y] == "Flight Hours")
{
string valueToAdd = string.Empty;
if (splittedValues.Any(s => s == "FH"))
{
int index = splittedValues.ToList().FindIndex(s => s.Equals("FH"));
valueToAdd = $"{splittedValues[index - 1]} FH";
}
values.Add(valueToAdd);
}
else
{
string valueToAdd = string.Empty;
if (splittedValues.Any(s => s == "LDG"))
{
int index = splittedValues.ToList().FindIndex(s => s.Equals("LDG"));
valueToAdd = $"{splittedValues[index - 1]} LDG";
}
values.Add(valueToAdd);
}
}
}
dataGridView1.Invoke((Action)delegate
{
this.dataGridView1.Rows.Add(values.ToArray()); //add the list as a row
});
}
//This code remove the empty row
dataGridView1.Invoke((Action)delegate
{
int[] rowDataCount = new int[dataGridView1.Columns.Count];
Array.Clear(rowDataCount, 0, rowDataCount.Length);
for (int row_i = 0; row_i < this.dataGridView1.RowCount; row_i++)
{
for (int col_i = 0; col_i < this.dataGridView1.ColumnCount; col_i++)
{
var cell = this.dataGridView1.Rows[row_i].Cells[col_i];
string cellText = cell.Value.ToString();
if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(cellText))
{
rowDataCount[col_i] += 1;
}
}
}
int removedCount = 0;
for (int index = 0; index < rowDataCount.Length; index++)
{
if (rowDataCount[index] == 0)
{
this.dataGridView1.Columns.RemoveAt(index - removedCount);
removedCount++;
}
}
});
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
return string.Empty;
}
private void textBoxSourceFile_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
}
}
Somebody can help me please? thanks a lot !

C# DataTable -> Need to generate an ID based on the column values

Value
ID
A
A
A
B
B
C
Desired output
Value
ID
A
1
A
1
A
1
B
2
B
2
C
3
I need to create IDs based on grouping the value column. A single ID for all A's and then B's respectively.
Thanks in advance!

You could simply use a loop like:
for(int i = 0; i < dataTable.Rows.Count; i++){
switch(dataTable.Rows[i][0].ToString()){
case "A" :
dataTable.Rows[i][1] = 1;
break;
case "B" :
dataTable.Rows[i][1] = 2;
break;
case "C" :
dataTable.Rows[i][1] = 3;
break;
// other cases
}
}

here dt is your datatable. Use a loop like this:
int id = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < dt.Rows.Count; i++)
{
if (i == 0)
{
dt.Rows[i]["ID"] = id;
if (i != dt.Rows.Count && dt.Rows[i + 1]["Value"] != dt.Rows[i]["Value"])
{
id++;
}
}
else
{
if (dt.Rows[i - 1]["Value"] == dt.Rows[i]["Value"])
{
dt.Rows[i]["ID"] = id;
}
else
{
id = id + 1;
dt.Rows[i]["ID"] = id;
}
}
}

If the values might fall between A-Z then consider the following done in a form but can be done where ever you want.
public class Replacement
{
public string Value { get; set; }
public int Index { get; set; }
}
Form code
private void SetIdButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var dataTable = MockedDataTable();
var items = ReplacementData;
for (int index = 0; index < dataTable.Rows.Count; index++)
{
dataTable.Rows[index].SetField("ID",
items.FirstOrDefault(replacement =>
replacement.Value == dataTable.Rows[index].Field<string>("Value")).Index);
}
foreach (DataRow row in dataTable.Rows)
{
Console.WriteLine($"{string.Join(",", row.ItemArray)}");
}
}
private static Replacement[] ReplacementData
=> "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
.ToCharArray().Select((value, index) => new Replacement
{
Value = value.ToString(),
Index = index + 1
})
.ToArray();
private static DataTable MockedDataTable()
{
DataTable dataTable = new DataTable();
dataTable.Columns.Add("Value", typeof(string));
dataTable.Columns.Add("ID", typeof(int));
dataTable.Rows.Add("A");
dataTable.Rows.Add("A");
dataTable.Rows.Add("A");
dataTable.Rows.Add("B");
dataTable.Rows.Add("B");
dataTable.Rows.Add("C");
dataTable.Rows.Add("D");
return dataTable;
}
Output
A,1
A,1
A,1
B,2
B,2
C,3
D,4

You could also use a dictionary:
dictionary<string,int> record_dic = new dictionary<string,int>{{"A",1},{"B",2}};

How do i update the sorted column back into the datagridview and also changing its respective items

Image of the application
So there are 4 columns ID,ItemName,ItemCategory and PriceAmount
What i want to do is sort the price amount by clicking the dropdown menu and i took out the price amount added it in an arrray and then sorted it using bubble sort but i am having a hard time finding out how do i update the datagridview as per the price amount and changing its respective columns too any help?
This is what i did
int[] price = new int[dataGridView1.Rows.Count];
for (int i = 0; i < dataGridView1.Rows.Count; i++)
{
price[i] = Convert.ToInt32(dataGridView1.Rows[i].Cells[3].Value);
for (int j = 0; j < price.Length; j++)
{
Console.WriteLine(price[j]);
}
}
int temp;
for (int j = 0; j <= price.Length - 2; j++)
{
for (int i = 0; i <= price.Length - 2; i++)
{
if (price[i] > price[i + 1])
{
temp = price[i + 1];
price[i + 1] = price[i];
price[i] = temp;
}
}
}
foreach(int sortedArray in price)
{
Console.Write(sortedArray + " ");
Console.ReadLine();
}
here is the code of the browse button
private void browseBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
OpenFileDialog dialog = new OpenFileDialog();
dialog.Filter = "Files(*.txt, *.csv)|*.txt;*.csv|All Files (*.*) |*.*";
DialogResult result = dialog.ShowDialog();
if (result == DialogResult.OK)
{
pathTextBox.Text = dialog.FileName;
}
if(pathTextBox.Text.Length>0)
{
importBtn.Enabled = true;
}
}
then it grabs the location of the .csv file and then adds in the textbox
and then the insert button imports it
private void importBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string value = pathTextBox.Text;
importCSVDataFile(value);
pathTextBox.Text = "";
}
Code of importCSVDataFile
private void importCSVDataFile(string filepath)
{
try
{
TextFieldParser csvreader = new TextFieldParser(filepath);
csvreader.SetDelimiters(new string[] { "," });
csvreader.ReadFields();
//int row_count = 0;
while (!csvreader.EndOfData)
{
string[] fielddata = csvreader.ReadFields();
dataGridView1.Rows.Add();
for (int i = 0; i < fielddata.Length; i++)
{
dataGridView1.Rows[row_count].Cells[i].Value = fielddata[i];
}
row_count++;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Import CSV File", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
}
I was performing a insert and update work with this
private void insertBtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string id = idTextBox.Text;
string itemName = itemNameTextBox.Text;
string itemCategory = categoryTextBox.Text;
string itemPrice = priceTextBox.Text;
if (this.status)
{
dataGridView1.Rows[this.row].Cells[0].Value = id;
dataGridView1.Rows[this.row].Cells[1].Value = itemName;
dataGridView1.Rows[this.row].Cells[2].Value = itemCategory;
dataGridView1.Rows[this.row].Cells[3].Value = itemPrice;
this.insertBtn.Text = "Save";
dataGridView1.Rows[this.row].Selected = true;
MessageBox.Show("Existing Record Updated");
}
else
{
int count = dataGridView1.Rows.Count;
dataGridView1.Rows[count].Cells[0].Value = id;
dataGridView1.Rows[count].Cells[1].Value = itemName;
dataGridView1.Rows[count].Cells[2].Value = itemCategory;
dataGridView1.Rows[count].Cells[3].Value = itemPrice;
dataGridView1.Rows[count].Selected = true;
MessageBox.Show("New Record Saved!!");
row_count++;
}
itemNameTextBox.Text = "";
categoryTextBox.Text = "";
priceTextBox.Text = "";
this.status = false;
this.row = 0;
}
Sort Algorithm of Bubble Sort for itemName
private void sortByItem()
{
int rows = dataGridView1.Rows.Count;
for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++)
{
for (int j = 1; j < rows; j++)
{
string val1 = Convert.ToString(dataGridView1.Rows[j - 1].Cells[0].Value);
string val2 = Convert.ToString(dataGridView1.Rows[j].Cells[0].Value);
if (string.Compare(val1, val2) > 0)
{
for (int a = 0; a < this.dataGridView1.Columns.Count; a++)
{
object temp = this.dataGridView1[a, j - 1].Value;
this.dataGridView1[a, j - 1].Value = this.dataGridView1[a, j].Value;
this.dataGridView1[a, j].Value = temp;
}
}
}
}

The way you are binding data in the gridview is not right. That way you can not achieve functionality of sorting GridView.
What you need is a class which represents the data which are loading in the gridview.
Let say you have a product class as following.
public class Product
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Category { get; set; }
public double Price { get; set; }
}
Now you have data of multiple products in the file so you need to create a list of products and initialize it in the form as following.
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
private List<Product> products;
public Form1()
{
products = new List<Product>();
InitializeComponent();
}
}
Now method importCSVDataFile needs to be changed as following to load data from the file and populate the list and bind it to the grid view.
private void importCSVDataFile(string filepath)
{
try
{
TextFieldParser csvreader = new TextFieldParser(filepath);
csvreader.SetDelimiters(new string[] { "," });
csvreader.ReadFields();
while (!csvreader.EndOfData)
{
string[] fielddata = csvreader.ReadFields();
var product = new Product();
product.ID = Convert.ToInt32(fielddata[0]);
product.Name = fielddata[1];
product.Category = fielddata[2];
product.Price = Convert.ToDouble(fielddata[3]);
products.Add(product);
}
dataGridView1.DataSource = products;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Import CSV File", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
}
Once you have data displayed in the grid, you need to change sorting code as following.
Let say you have combobox1 which has column names listed to sort the gridview. So code of combobox1's SelectedIndexChanged event will be as following.
private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (comboBox1.SelectedItem != null)
{
var selectedColumnName = comboBox1.SelectedItem as string;
switch (selectedColumnName)
{
case "ID":
dataGridView1.DataSource = products.OrderBy(product => product.ID).ToList();
break;
case "Name":
dataGridView1.DataSource = products.OrderBy(product => product.Name).ToList();
break;
case "Category":
dataGridView1.DataSource = products.OrderBy(product => product.Category).ToList();
break;
case "Price":
dataGridView1.DataSource = products.OrderBy(product => product.Price).ToList();
break;
}
}
}
To add new products to the gridview you need to create new instance of Product and set its properties and then add it to the list and bind the list to the gridview again.
public void btnInsert_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var id = Convert.ToInt32(txtId.Text);
var objProduct = products.FirstOrDefault(product => product.ID == id);
if (objProduct == null)
{
objProduct = new Product();
objProduct.ID = id;
objProduct.Name = txtName.Text;
objProduct.Category = txtCategory.Text;
objProduct.Price = Convert.ToDouble(txtPrice.Text);
products.Add(objProduct);
}
else
{
objProduct.Name = txtName.Text;
objProduct.Category = txtCategory.Text;
objProduct.Price = Convert.ToDouble(txtPrice.Text);
}
dataGridView1.DataSource = null;
dataGridView1.DataSource = products;
}
I hope this would help you resolve your issue.

C# How to implement dash "-" options in a command line argument?

My C# classes will create a GUI that takes in csv files and plot a line graph accordingly. Currently, my graphs are plotted and saved using the GUI file dialog.
What I am trying to do now is to read, plot and save the graph using command-line instead (NO GUI needed).
May I know how could I call my Read and Plot classes using the "-f" flag (file path, can have multiple csv file) and save the plotted graph using the "-o" flag (output file path, only 1 file produced)?
Thanks.

You can use this:
class Program:
static class Program
{
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("kernel32.dll")] // ### Edit 3 ###
static extern bool AttachConsole(int dwProcessId); // ### Edit 3 ###
/// <summary>The main entry point for the application.</summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// redirect console output to parent process;
// must be before any calls to Console.WriteLine()
AttachConsole(-1);// ### Edit 3 ###
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
//program.exe -f c:\\desktop\\1.csv -o c:\\desktop\\1.png
var inputFile = new List<string>();
string outputFile = null;
if (args.Length > 0)
{
for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
{
string a = args[i].ToLower();
switch (a)
{
case "-f":
for (i = i + 1; i < args.Length ; i++)
{
string f = args[i]; if (f.StartsWith("-")) { i--; break; }
inputFile.Add(f); //get next arg as inputFile
}
break;
case "-o":
outputFile = args[++i]; //get next arg as outputFile
break;
}
}
if (inputFile.Count > 0 && outputFile != null)
{
var form = new Form2(); //specify your form class
form.showErrorsInConsole = true; // ### Edit 3 ###
//form.Visible = true;
form.DoReadFiles(inputFile.ToArray());
form.DoPlot();
form.SavePic(outputFile);
form.Dispose();
return;
}
}
//else
Application.Run(new Form2()); //show GUI
//MessageBox.Show("Args:\r\n" + s);
}
}
Form class (the form conatining your chart, in my code it is Form2):
public partial class Form2 : Form
{
public Form2()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form2_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
List<Read> rList = new List<Read>();
public bool showErrorsInConsole = false; //### Edit 3 ###
public void DoReadFiles(string[] fileNames)
{
try
{
rList.Clear();
foreach (String file in fileNames) //if ((myStream = ff.OpenFile()) != null)
{
Read r = new Read(file);
rList.Add(r);
}
}
catch (Exception err)
{
//Inform the user if we can't read the file
if (showErrorsInConsole) //### Edit 3 ###
Console.WriteLine("\r\n *** Error: " + err.Message); //### Edit 3 ###
else
MessageBox.Show(err.Message);
}
}
public void DoPlot(int indX = 0, int indY = 1)
{
Plot.Draw(chart, rList, indX, indY);
}
public void SavePic(string outputFile)
{
bool isPng = outputFile.EndsWith(".png", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
chart.SaveImage(outputFile, isPng ? ChartImageFormat.Png : ChartImageFormat.Jpeg);
}
void openToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
OpenFileDialog ff = new OpenFileDialog();
ff.InitialDirectory = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop); //"C:\\";
ff.Filter = "csv files (*.csv)|*.csv|All files (*.*)|*.*";
ff.Multiselect = true;
ff.FilterIndex = 1;
ff.RestoreDirectory = true;
if (ff.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
try
{
DoReadFiles(ff.FileNames);
//Populate the ComboBoxes
if (rList.Count > 0)
{
string[] header = rList[0].header; //header of first file
xBox.DataSource = header;
yBox.DataSource = header.Clone(); //without Clone the 2 comboboxes link together!
}
if (yBox.Items.Count > 1) yBox.SelectedIndex = 1; //select second item
}
catch (Exception err)
{
//Inform the user if we can't read the file
MessageBox.Show(err.Message);
}
}
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DoPlot(xBox.SelectedIndex, yBox.SelectedIndex);
}
} //end class Form2
class Read:
public class Read
{
public int nLines { get; private set; }
public int nColumns { get; private set; }
public string[] header { get; private set; }
public float[,] data { get; private set; }
public string fileName { get; set; }
public string[] section { get; private set; }
public Read(string file)
{
string[] pieces;
fileName = Path.GetFileName(file);
string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines(file); // read all lines
if (lines == null || lines.Length < 2) return; //no data in file
header = lines[0].Split(','); //first line is header
nLines = lines.Length - 1; //first line is header
nColumns = header.Length;
//read the numerical data and section name from the file
data = new float[nLines, nColumns - 1]; // 1 less than nColumns as last col is sectionName
section = new string[nLines];
for (int i = 0; i < nLines; i++)
{
pieces = lines[i + 1].Split(','); // i(+1) is because first line is header
if (pieces.Length != nColumns) { MessageBox.Show("Invalid data at line " + (i + 2) + " of file " + fileName); return; }
for (int j = 0; j < nColumns - 1; j++)
{
float.TryParse(pieces[j], out data[i, j]); //data[i, j] = float.Parse(pieces[j]);
}
section[i] = pieces[nColumns - 1]; //last item
}
}
}
class Plot:
public class Plot
{
public static void Draw(Chart chart, List<Read> rList, int indX = 0, int indY = 1)
{
chart.Series.Clear(); //ensure that the chart is empty
chart.Legends.Clear();
Legend myLegend = chart.Legends.Add("myLegend");
myLegend.Title = "myTitle";
Color[] colors = new Color[] { Color.Black, Color.Blue, Color.Red, Color.Green, Color.Magenta, Color.DarkCyan, Color.Chocolate, Color.DarkMagenta };
var sectionColors = new Dictionary<string, int>();
bool separateSections = (rList.Count == 1); // #Edit: 4
int i = 0;
int iColor = -1, maxColor = -1;
foreach (Read rr in rList)
{
float[,] data = rr.data;
int nLines = rr.nLines;
int nColumns = rr.nColumns;
string[] header = rr.header;
chart.Series.Add("Series" + i);
chart.Series[i].ChartType = SeriesChartType.Line;
chart.Series[i].LegendText = rr.fileName; // #Edit: 4
if (separateSections) chart.Series[i].IsVisibleInLegend = false; // #Edit: 4
chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.LabelStyle.Format = "{F2}";
chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.Title = header[indX];
chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.Title = header[indY];
for (int j = 0; j < nLines; j++)
{
int k = chart.Series[i].Points.AddXY(data[j, indX], data[j, indY]);
if (separateSections) // #Edit: 4
{
string curSection = rr.section[j];
if (sectionColors.ContainsKey(curSection))
{
iColor = sectionColors[curSection];
}
else
{
maxColor++;
iColor = maxColor; sectionColors[curSection] = iColor;
}
chart.Series[i].Points[k].Color = colors[iColor];
}
}
i++; //series#
} //end foreach rr
//fill legend based on series
foreach (var x in sectionColors)
{
string section = x.Key;
iColor = x.Value;
myLegend.CustomItems.Add(colors[iColor], section); //new LegendItem()
}
}
}

If you are looking for something simple then you can just have a loop and get the values like this:
string f=null;
string o=null;
for (var i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
{
if (args[i] == "-f") { f = args[i + 1]; }
else if (args[i] == "-o") { o = args[i + 1]; }
}
if (f != null)
{
}
if (o != null)
{
}

You can use command parser libraries. Command Line Parser ( http://commandline.codeplex.com/ ) is very easy to use.
[Option("f", "input", Required = true]
public string InputFile { get; set; }
[Option("o", "output", Required = true]
public string OutputFile { get; set; }

What C# template engine that has clean separation between HTML and control code?

What C# template engine
that uses 'pure' HTML having only text and markers
sans any control flow like if, while, loop or expressions,
separating html from control code ?
Below is the example phone book list code,
expressing how this should be done:
string html=#"
<html><head><title>#title</title></head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td> id</td> <td> name</td> <td> sex</td> <td>phones</td>
</tr><!--#contacts:-->
<tr>
<td>#id</td> <td>#name</td> <td>#sex</td>
<td>
<!--#phones:-->#phone <br/>
<!--:#phones-->
</td>
</tr><!--:#contacts-->
</table>
</body>
</html>";
var contacts = from c in db.contacts select c;
Marker m = new Marker(html);
Filler t = m.Mark("title");
t.Set("Phone book");
Filler c = m.Mark("contacts", "id,name,sex");
// **foreach** expressed in code, not in html
foreach(var contact in contacts) {
int id = contact.id;
c.Add(id, contact.name, contact.sex);
Filler p = c.Mark("phones", "phone");
var phones = from ph in db.phones
where ph.id == id
select new {ph.phone};
if (phones.Any()) {
foreach(var ph in phones) {
p.Add(ph);
}
} else {
fp.Clear();
}
}
Console.Out.WriteLine(m.Get());

Use this code:
Templet.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
namespace templaten.com.Templaten
{
public class tRange
{
public int head, toe;
public tRange(int _head, int _toe)
{
head = _head;
toe = _toe;
}
}
public enum AType
{
VALUE = 0,
NAME = 1,
OPEN = 2,
CLOSE = 3,
GROUP = 4
}
public class Atom
{
private AType kin;
private string tag;
private object data;
private List<Atom> bag;
public Atom(string _tag = "",
AType _kin = AType.VALUE,
object _data = null)
{
tag = _tag;
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(_tag))
_kin = AType.GROUP;
kin = _kin;
if (_kin == AType.GROUP)
bag = new List<Atom>();
else
bag = null;
data = _data;
}
public AType Kin
{
get { return kin; }
}
public string Tag
{
get { return tag; }
set { tag = value; }
}
public List<Atom> Bag
{
get { return bag; }
}
public object Data
{
get { return data; }
set { data = value; }
}
public int Add(string _tag = "",
AType _kin = AType.VALUE,
object _data = null)
{
if (bag != null)
{
bag.Add(new Atom(_tag, _kin, _data));
return bag.Count - 1;
}
else
{
return -1;
}
}
}
public class Templet
{
private string content;
string namepat = "\\w+";
string justName = "(\\w+)";
string namePre = "#";
string namePost = "";
string comment0 = "\\<!--\\s*";
string comment1 = "\\s*--\\>";
private Atom tokens; // parsed contents
private Dictionary<string, int> iNames; // name index
private Dictionary<string, tRange> iGroups; // groups index
private Atom buffer; // output buffer
private Dictionary<string, int> _iname; // output name index
private Dictionary<string, tRange> _igroup; // output index
public Templet(string Content = null)
{
Init(Content);
}
private int[] mark(string[] names, string group)
{
if (names == null || names.Length < 1) return null;
tRange t = new tRange(0, buffer.Bag.Count - 1);
if (group != null)
{
if (!_igroup.ContainsKey(group)) return null;
t = _igroup[group];
}
int[] marks = new int[names.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < marks.Length; i++)
marks[i] = -1;
for (int i = t.head; i <= t.toe; i++)
{
if (buffer.Bag[i].Kin == AType.NAME)
{
for (int j = 0; j < names.Length; j++)
{
if (String.Compare(
names[j],
buffer.Bag[i].Tag,
true) == 0)
{
marks[j] = i;
break;
}
}
}
}
return marks;
}
public Filler Mark(string group, string names)
{
Filler f = new Filler(this, names);
f.di = mark(f.names, group);
f.Group = group;
tRange t = null;
if (_igroup.ContainsKey(group)) t = _igroup[group];
f.Range = t;
return f;
}
public Filler Mark(string names)
{
Filler f = new Filler(this, names);
f.di = mark(f.names, null);
f.Group = "";
f.Range = null;
return f;
}
public void Set(int[] locations, object[] x)
{
int j = Math.Min(x.Length, locations.Length);
for (int i = 0; i < j; i++)
{
int l = locations[i];
if ((l >= 0) && (buffer.Bag[l] != null))
buffer.Bag[l].Data = x[i];
}
}
public void New(string group, int seq = 0)
{
// place new group copied from old group just below it
if (!( iGroups.ContainsKey(group)
&& _igroup.ContainsKey(group)
&& seq > 0)) return;
tRange newT = null;
tRange t = iGroups[group];
int beginRange = _igroup[group].toe + 1;
for (int i = t.head; i <= t.toe; i++)
{
buffer.Bag.Insert(beginRange,
new Atom(tokens.Bag[i].Tag,
tokens.Bag[i].Kin,
tokens.Bag[i].Data));
beginRange++;
}
newT = new tRange(t.toe + 1, t.toe + (t.toe - t.head + 1));
// rename past group
string pastGroup = group + "_" + seq;
t = _igroup[group];
buffer.Bag[t.head].Tag = pastGroup;
buffer.Bag[t.toe].Tag = pastGroup;
_igroup[pastGroup] = t;
// change group indexes
_igroup[group] = newT;
}
public void ReMark(Filler f, string group)
{
if (!_igroup.ContainsKey(group)) return;
Map(buffer, _iname, _igroup);
f.di = mark(f.names, group);
f.Range = _igroup[group];
}
private static void Indexing(string aname,
AType kin,
int i,
Dictionary<string, int> dd,
Dictionary<string, tRange> gg)
{
switch (kin)
{
case AType.NAME: // index all names
dd[aname] = i;
break;
case AType.OPEN: // index all groups
if (!gg.ContainsKey(aname))
gg[aname] = new tRange(i, -1);
else
gg[aname].head = i;
break;
case AType.CLOSE:
if (!gg.ContainsKey(aname))
gg[aname] = new tRange(-1, i);
else
gg[aname].toe = i;
break;
default:
break;
}
}
private static void Map(Atom oo,
Dictionary<string, int> dd,
Dictionary<string, tRange> gg)
{
for (int i = 0; i < oo.Bag.Count; i++)
{
string aname = oo.Bag[i].Tag;
Indexing(oo.Bag[i].Tag, oo.Bag[i].Kin, i, dd, gg);
}
}
public void Init(string Content = null)
{
content = Content;
tokens = new Atom("", AType.GROUP);
iNames = new Dictionary<string, int>();
iGroups = new Dictionary<string, tRange>();
// parse content into tokens
string namePattern = namePre + namepat + namePost;
string patterns =
"(?<var>" + namePattern + ")|" +
"(?<head>" + comment0 + namePattern + ":" + comment1 + ")|" +
"(?<toe>" + comment0 + ":" + namePattern + comment1 + ")";
Regex jn = new Regex(justName, RegexOptions.Compiled);
Regex r = new Regex(patterns, RegexOptions.Compiled);
MatchCollection ms = r.Matches(content);
int pre = 0;
foreach (Match m in ms)
{
tokens.Add(content.Substring(pre, m.Index - pre));
int idx = -1;
if (m.Groups.Count >= 3)
{
string aname = "";
MatchCollection x = jn.Matches(m.Value);
if (x.Count > 0 && x[0].Groups.Count > 1)
aname = x[0].Groups[1].ToString();
AType t = AType.VALUE;
if (m.Groups[1].Length > 0) t = AType.NAME;
if (m.Groups[2].Length > 0) t = AType.OPEN;
if (m.Groups[3].Length > 0) t = AType.CLOSE;
if (aname.Length > 0)
{
tokens.Add(aname, t);
idx = tokens.Bag.Count - 1;
}
Indexing(aname, t, idx, iNames, iGroups);
}
pre = m.Index + m.Length;
}
if (pre < content.Length)
tokens.Add(content.Substring(pre, content.Length - pre));
// copy tokens into buffer
buffer = new Atom("", AType.GROUP);
for (int i = 0; i < tokens.Bag.Count; i++)
buffer.Add(tokens.Bag[i].Tag, tokens.Bag[i].Kin);
// initialize index of output names
_iname = new Dictionary<string, int>();
foreach (string k in iNames.Keys)
_iname[k] = iNames[k];
// initialize index of output groups
_igroup = new Dictionary<string, tRange>();
foreach (string k in iGroups.Keys)
{
tRange t = iGroups[k];
_igroup[k] = new tRange(t.head, t.toe);
}
}
public string Get()
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("");
for (int i = 0; i < buffer.Bag.Count; i++)
{
switch (buffer.Bag[i].Kin)
{
case AType.VALUE:
sb.Append(buffer.Bag[i].Tag);
break;
case AType.NAME:
sb.Append(buffer.Bag[i].Data);
break;
case AType.OPEN:
case AType.CLOSE:
break;
default: break;
}
}
return sb.ToString();
}
}
public class Filler
{
private Templet t = null;
public int[] di;
public string[] names;
public string Group { get; set; }
public tRange Range { get; set; }
private int seq = 0;
public Filler(Templet tl, string markers = null)
{
t = tl;
if (markers != null)
names = markers.Split(new char[] { ',' },
StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
else
names = null;
}
public void init(int length)
{
di = new int[length];
for (int i = 0; i < length; i++)
di[i] = -1;
seq = 0;
Group = "";
Range = null;
}
// clear contents inside marked object or group
public void Clear()
{
object[] x = new object[di.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < di.Length; i++)
x[i] = null;
t.Set(di, x);
}
// set value for marked object,
// or add row to group and set value to columns
public void Set(params object[] x)
{
t.Set(di, x);
}
public void Add(params object[] x)
{
if (Group.Length > 0)
{
t.New(Group, seq);
++seq;
t.ReMark(this, Group);
}
t.Set(di, x);
}
}
}
Testing program
Program.cs
Templet m = new Templet(html);
Filler f= m.Mark("title");
f.Set("Phone book");
Filler fcontacts = m.Mark("contacts", "id,name,sex,phone");
fcontacts.Add(1, "Akhmad", "M", "123456");
fcontacts.Add(2, "Barry", "M", "234567");
fcontacts.Add(1, "Charles", "M", "345678");
Console.Out.WriteLine(m.Get());
Still can't do nested loop- yet.

Just use ASP.NET. Whether you use webforms or MVC, it's super easy to have C# in your .cs files, and HTML in your .aspx files.
As with anything in programming, it's 99% up to you to do things right. Flexible UI engines aren't going to enforce that you follow good coding practices.

In principle most any template engine you choose can separate HTML from control logic with the proper architecture. using an MVC (Or MVVM) pattern, if you construct your model in such a way that the controller contains the if/then logic instead of the view you can eliminate it from the view.
That said, the syntax you use is very close to Razor syntax which is easily available for ASP.NET MVC through NuGet packages.

I totally hear you. I built SharpFusion, which has some other stuff in it but if you look for the template.cs file you will see the handler that parses a HTML file and simply replaces out tokens with values that you've made in c#.
Because no XML parsing is done like ASP.NET the framework loads much faster than even an MVC site.
Another alternative is ServiceStack.