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.
I think you want the C# library functions either Parse or Convert.
// here's an example of getting the hex value from a command line
// program.exe 0x00080000
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int value = Convert.ToInt32(args[1].Substring(2), 16);
Console.Out.WriteLine("Value is: " + value.ToString());
}
You could use System.IO.FileStream, and System.IO.StreamReader, and then parse from there.