Reading input from a text file, converting into int, and storing into array.

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I need some help. I have a text file that looks like so:

21,M,S,1

22,F,M,2

19,F,S,3

65,F,M,4

66,M,M,4

What I need to do is put the first column into an array int[] age and the last column into an array int[] districts. This is for a college project due in a week. I've been having a lot of trouble trying to figure this out. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I did try searching for an answer already but didn't find anything that i understood. I also cannot use anything we havent learned from the book, so it rules out lists<> and things of the like.

FileStream census = new FileStream("census.txt", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read); 
        StreamReader inFile = new StreamReader(census);
        string input = "";

        string[] fields;
        int[] districts = new int[SIZE];
        int[] ageGroups = new int[SIZE];

        input = inFile.ReadLine();

        while (input != null)
        {
            fields = input.Split(',');


            for (int i = 0; i < 1; i++)
            {
                int x = int.Parse(fields[i]);

                districts[i] = x;

            }
            input = inFile.ReadLine();


        }
        Console.WriteLine(districts[0]);

asked 29 secs ago

Michael Snapp

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Reading input from a text file, converting into int, and storing into array.