Reading file ,passing contents to array accessing contents

correction: tmpstr += tmp+" "; // 5 spaces in quotes tmpstr = tmpstr.Replace(" ", " "); // replace 5 spaces with one space

Try this: StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(@"G:\1.txt"); string tmpstr = "", tmp; while ((tmp = sr.ReadLine()) != null) { tmpstr += tmp+" "; } tmpstr = tmpstr.Replace(" ", " "); s_vals = tmpstr.Split(' '); d_vals = new double[s_vals.Length]; for (int i = 0; i < s_vals.Length; i++) { if (s_vals[i] != "") { d_vals[i] = Convert.ToDouble(s_vals[i]); } }

Thanks for your reply, unfortunately this did not work. My text file is like this: totalOfPoint: 300 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 and so on there are 5 spaces between number in a line. But 3.0 and 4.0 have no space bewteen them. i am using the Split(' ') function to separate a single split. If I change my file and have single splits everything works. But the problem is that the program that outputs the text file has 5 spaces between numbers. cheers

try to play with Trim() and Replace() functions. something like this: txtstr = txtstr.Replace("\n", ""); txtstr = txtstr.Replace("\r", ""); txtstr = txtstr.Replace(" ", " "); //replace all two spaces to one space txtstr = txtstr.Trim(); or, may be a better way, try this: on read: tmpstr = reader.ReadLine(); tmpstr = tmpstr.Trim(); tmpstr = tmpstr.Replace("\n", ""); tmpstr = tmpstr.Replace("\r", ""); txtstr += tmpstr; If this will not work - give me an example of your input file.

I meant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 sorry I'm gusesing something is needed with Trim()

Thanks for your reply, I'm using this: StreamReader reader = new StreamReader("C:\\mytext.txt"); string text = string.Empty; while( reader.Peek() != -1 ) { text += reader.ReadLine(); } reader.Close(); string[] parts = text.Split(' '); for(int i = 0; i < (parts.Length - 1); i++) { Console.WriteLine( parts[i] + ";" ); }} but i'm getting some funny results. Although i get the file contents they are not shown in correct order. Maybe the fact that between each number there are more than one spaces plays some role. I don't know. Should be getting output : 1 2 3 4 and so on but instead i get 1 2 3 4 5 6 that sound odd right? any ideas? cheers

try somethign like this: public string[] data; //inside a reading data function string tmpstr = sr.ReadLine(); //sr - StreamReader, created for your data file data = tmpstr.Split(' '); // if your separator between values is space // now data array is your array of values in string format. You can use it and access it.