if condition is not executing

romasha ali

hi,

if condition is not executing here is my code

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.IO;

namespace porter_s_algo

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{ string builder="";

StreamReader read = new StreamReader(@"C:\Users\Romesha\documents\visual studio 2013\Projects\porter's algo\porter's algo\Properties\TextFile1.txt");

string save;

while ((save = read.ReadLine()) != null)

{

Console.WriteLine(@"--------THIS IS A ORIGINAL CORPUS--------"+"\n"+"{0}",save);

builder += save.Replace("tional", "te").Replace("tive", "te").Replace("est", "").Replace("ion", "e").Replace("ed", "");

}

if ((builder == "a") || (builder == "i") || (builder == "e") || (builder == "o") || (builder == "u"))

builder += builder.Replace("ing", "");

Console.WriteLine("--------CORPUS AFTER STEMMING--------- "+"\n"+"{0}",builder);

Console.ReadLine();

}

7 Replies

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Rafnas T P9y ago
Have you check what value is coming in Builder by adding break point?
Nitin Sontakke9y ago
@Romasha, you mention that "Save variable has all the data of textfile.txt"!

Obviously, from looking at your code, we know that already. You have only given a technically correct answer.

We were looking for it's value, its contents.
Bryian Tan9y ago
What in the TextFile1.txt?
Tapan Patel9y ago
You can try a simple thing like printing value of builder after the while loop and figure out what is the value of that variable.
Once you know the value of builder, it should be easy for you to figure out the execution of if loop.
romasha ali9y ago
Save variable has all the data of textfile.txt
Nitin Sontakke9y ago
How many lines does the text file has? If it is always going to have one, change the while loop to the following:

save = read.ReadLine();
if(save != null)
{

And what is the value of save? Becase the assignment to builder doesn't indicate that it will be one of those you are checking for.

I believe a careful debugging should solve the issue.

One more thing condition like while ((save = read.ReadLine()) != null) could be deceptive. Always FIRST assign value to a variable and THEN check variable for null.
Catcher Wong9y ago
You can insert a Breakpoint and check the value of your variable builder whether meet your condition!!