New at programming, need a suggestion or two.

Skularach Deimios

Hello, I'm 16 and brand new at C#. Problem is, I want to attempt a program of my own (not a pre-written example), but I don't know what to make. So far, I know how to take input text, how to use integer variables (int, double, etc), how to use if/else statements, basic math (+,-,*,div, %), booleans (>=,==, etc), make the computer print stuff (on screen), escape thingies ( /n, /t, //, etc. lol, thingies), and the +=, *=, etc operators.

What I'm looking for is a suggestion as to what I should make my program do, any input will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

~Skularach

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Jan Montano19y ago
Sorry for the very late reply. If you're still struggling understanding how to read a text file, maybe this could help Text Reader and Text Writer in c#. Just read the part regarding Reading. It's straightforward with explanation. Feel free to ask if you're confused with some parts.

Cheers!
Skularach Deimios19y ago
Umm sorry, i didnt quite understand ..... well......... pretty much any of that................ I think I'm gonna stick to the book a little longer, it wont take long to finish, then I'll come back to this whole "personality test" dilema..... Thanks for everyones help
Ryan Turney19y ago
Hello and welcome to the world of C#! I'm only a year old than you and I'm glad to see other teens take an interest in programming. Anyways, I too have searched around for your answer and it looks like what you are trying to do is going to be quite difficult. I don't think .NET can read .txt files line by line. For less of a headache try using a SQL Server database or an Access database. To do it with a .txt file - someone correct me if I'm wrong - but I believe you need to create a class that is going to read each line individually (maybe an array?) and then put each one of those lines into a string. From there you need to split the string at each comma (I think you can use Regex for this or I do believe there is a split command available). Once you have that string split apart you should be able to use that info to create the test.
Skularach Deimios19y ago
ummm......I dont know how to read txt files in the program.... Im only on chapter 9 of "The Idiot's guide to C# programming"....lol. sounds good tho, defidently fits what I'm trying to do. But how DO you read the text files? (BTW, I searched the internet for this stuff, and found nothing I could actually understand, lol) Thank you again for all your help.
Jan Montano19y ago
What approach do you have so far in loading the questions and answers from the text file?

One approach would be to load all the questions & Answers from the text file into an array or a collection first, so that it will be very easy to access. I assume that you already know how to read the text file.

For the personality test, you need at least 4 fields per question in your text file;
1. question #
2. question
3. followup question if "y" (you only need to store the question #)
4. followup question if "n" (you only need the question #).

With the question # as the primary key per question, you'll be able to know which question to display next if the player answers either "y" or "n".

text file content sample...

1,"Do you have siblings?",2,3
2,"Are you the eldest?",5,6
3,"Are you happy being the only child?",4,5
4,"Do you think it's better to be the only child?",6,7
Skularach Deimios19y ago
ok, im having trouble trying to learn it from what I can find off google, I hate to ask, but can you help me learn it?, Im doing a personality test out of a game I play, and whether you answer yes or no determines your next question, how do I get it to go to one question if the program runner (u know, person runnning program) says "y" (for yes), or something else if they dont say "y"?
Skularach Deimios19y ago
Alrighty then, I'll make a quiz-type-thing, I'm gonna search internet for writing to text file, cuz I dont know it yet, thanks for ur suggestion.
Jan Montano19y ago
Perhaps you could make a Quiz (Q&A) program? Sort of like a jeopardy or family feud game. But there's an additional thing you have to learn, reading and writing to a text file. It's good if you already know that. But it's not that bad if you don't because it's not that hard to learn it. And everyone here will be glad to help you.

Questions and answers will be put in a text file. You have to read the file to post random questions to the user, and verify the answers after.

You could also allow 2 players to play to make it more exciting. Well that's my suggestion =)