Class FileTools

Inheritance
Object
FileTools
Inherited Members
Namespace: TowseyLibrary
Assembly: TowseyLibrary.dll
Syntax
public static class FileTools

Methods

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AddArrayAdjacentToExistingArrays(String, Double[])

THis method adds another column to an existing .csv file containing columns of data. It assumes that the number of elements in the list are same as rows in the existing file.

Declaration
public static void AddArrayAdjacentToExistingArrays(string fPath, double[] array)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String fPath
Double[] array
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Append2TextFile(String, List<String>)

Declaration
public static void Append2TextFile(string fPath, List<string> list)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String fPath
List<String> list
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Append2TextFile(String, String)

Declaration
public static void Append2TextFile(string fPath, string line)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String fPath
String line
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Append2TextFile(String, String, Boolean)

Declaration
public static void Append2TextFile(string fPath, string line, bool saveExistingFile)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String fPath
String line
Boolean saveExistingFile
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AppendToFileName(String, String)

Declaration
public static string AppendToFileName(string ipPath, string appendix)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String ipPath
String appendix
Returns
Type Description
String
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BackupFile(String)

Declaration
public static bool BackupFile(string path)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String path
Returns
Type Description
Boolean
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ChangeFileExtention(String, String)

Declaration
public static string ChangeFileExtention(string path, string newExt)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String path
String newExt
Returns
Type Description
String
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CountLinesOfTextFile(String)

Declaration
public static int CountLinesOfTextFile(string fName)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String fName
Returns
Type Description
Int32
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GetFilesInDirectory(String)

Declaration
public static FileInfo[] GetFilesInDirectory(string dirPath)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String dirPath
Returns
Type Description
FileInfo[]
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GetFilesInDirectory(String, String)

Declaration
public static FileInfo[] GetFilesInDirectory(string dirPath, string ext)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String dirPath
String ext
Returns
Type Description
FileInfo[]
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PathCombine(String[])

Declaration
public static string PathCombine(params string[] paths)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String[] paths
Returns
Type Description
String
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ReadDoubles2Matrix(String)

reads a text file of doubles formatted in rows and columns.

Declaration
public static double[, ] ReadDoubles2Matrix(string fName)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String fName
Returns
Type Description
Double[,]
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ReadDoubles2Vector(String)

reads a file of doubles assuming one value per line with no punctuation.

Declaration
public static double[] ReadDoubles2Vector(string fName)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String fName
Returns
Type Description
Double[]
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ReadSelectedLinesOfCsvFile(String, String, Int32)

Declaration
public static List<string> ReadSelectedLinesOfCsvFile(string fName, string key, int value)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String fName
String key
Int32 value
Returns
Type Description
List<String>
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ReadSerialisedObject(String)

Declaration
public static byte[] ReadSerialisedObject(string path)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String path
Returns
Type Description
Byte[]
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ReadTextFile(String)

Declaration
public static List<string> ReadTextFile(string fName)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String fName
Returns
Type Description
List<String>
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SplitFileName(String)

Declaration
public static string[] SplitFileName(string path)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String path
Returns
Type Description
String[]
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TimeStamp2FileName(DateTime)

Declaration
public static string TimeStamp2FileName(DateTime datetime)
Parameters
Type Name Description
DateTime datetime
Returns
Type Description
String
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UrlCombine(String[])

Declaration
public static string UrlCombine(params string[] segments)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String[] segments
Returns
Type Description
String
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WriteArray2File(Double[], String)

Declaration
public static void WriteArray2File(double[] array, string fName)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Double[] array
String fName
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WriteArray2File(Int32[], Boolean, String)

Declaration
public static void WriteArray2File(int[] array, bool addLineNumbers, string fName)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Int32[] array
Boolean addLineNumbers
String fName
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WriteArray2File_Formatted(Double[], String, String)

The format string should be as follows: "0.00" for two decimal places, where number of zeros after the point is the number of decimal places. For more detail on custom numeric format string, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-numeric-format-strings.

Declaration
public static void WriteArray2File_Formatted(double[] array, string path, string formatString)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Double[] array
String path
String formatString
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WriteArray2File_Formatted(Int32[], String, String)

The format string should be as follows: "0.00" for two decimal places, where number of zeros after the point is the number of decimal places. For more detail on custom numeric format string, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-numeric-format-strings.

Declaration
public static void WriteArray2File_Formatted(int[] array, string path, string formatString)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Int32[] array
String path
String formatString
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WriteDictionaryAsCsvFile(Dictionary<String, Double[]>, String)

Write a dictionary of arrays as a csv file where dictionary keys are column headers and the arrays are the column entries. WARNING: Assume that all arrays are of the same size!.

Declaration
public static void WriteDictionaryAsCsvFile(Dictionary<string, double[]> dictionary, string fPath)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Dictionary<String, Double[]> dictionary

a dictionary of arrays of double.
String fPath

The file path.
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WriteDictionaryToFile(Dictionary<String, Double[]>, String)

Declaration
public static void WriteDictionaryToFile(Dictionary<string, double[]> dictionary, string fPath)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Dictionary<String, Double[]> dictionary
String fPath
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WriteMatrix2File(Char[,], String)

Declaration
public static void WriteMatrix2File(char[, ] matrix, string fName)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Char[,] matrix
String fName
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WriteMatrix2File(Double[,], String)

Declaration
public static void WriteMatrix2File(double[, ] matrix, string fName)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Double[,] matrix
String fName
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WriteMatrix2File(Int32[,], String)

Declaration
public static void WriteMatrix2File(int[, ] matrix, string fName)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Int32[,] matrix
String fName
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WriteMatrix2File_Formatted(Double[,], String, String)

The format string should be as follows: "0.00" for two decimal places, where number of zeros after the point is the number of decimal places. For more detail on custom numeric format string, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/custom-numeric-format-strings.

Declaration
public static void WriteMatrix2File_Formatted(double[, ] matrix, string fName, string formatString)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Double[,] matrix
String fName
String formatString
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WriteSerialisedObject(String, Byte[])

Declaration
public static void WriteSerialisedObject(string path, byte[] array)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String path
Byte[] array
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WriteTextFile(FileInfo, IEnumerable<String>, Boolean)

Declaration
public static void WriteTextFile(FileInfo path, IEnumerable<string> array, bool saveExistingFile = true)
Parameters
Type Name Description
FileInfo path
IEnumerable<String> array
Boolean saveExistingFile
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WriteTextFile(String, IEnumerable<String>, Boolean)

Declaration
public static void WriteTextFile(string path, IEnumerable<string> array, bool saveExistingFile = true)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String path
IEnumerable<String> array
Boolean saveExistingFile
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WriteTextFile(String, String)

Declaration
public static void WriteTextFile(string path, string text)
Parameters
Type Name Description
String path
String text