public static bool ReadVariables(string FileName, Circuit owner)
{
Dictionary<string,double> CList;
string[] words,keys;
string line = "";
char[] delimiterChars = { ' ', ',', '\t' };
double val = 0;
if(owner == null)
CList = Program.Globals;
else
CList = ((composite)owner).Locals;
Console.WriteLine("\n Reading variables from {0}:", FileName);
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(FileName);
if (!StringReader.FindString("<variables>", reader)){
Console.WriteLine("WARNING! Variable list is missing.");
reader.Dispose();
return true;
}
while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null){
line = line.Trim();
words = StringReader.TrimWords(line.Split(delimiterChars));//read the type and the name
#region "check for empty/terminator lines"
if (line.StartsWith("<end>")) //finish at the end of group
break;
if (line.StartsWith("#") || line.Length == 0 || words.Length == 0 ) //ignore empty lines/comments/timer
continue;
#endregion
#region "parse the line"
for(int i=0;i<words.Length;i++){
keys = StringReader.TrimWords(words[i].Split('=')); //divide the string,
if(keys.Length != 2){
Console.WriteLine("ERROR! Expected varible=value pair.");
return false;
}
//now we have a pair of strings... the second must be a number!
if(!double.TryParse(keys[1], out val)){
Console.WriteLine("ERROR! Value of variable {0} is not a number.",keys[0]);
return false;
}
//now check if the variable was already declared
if(CList.ContainsKey(keys[0])){
Console.WriteLine("ERROR! Variable {0} was already declared.",keys[0]);
return false;
}
CList.Add(keys[0],val);
}
#endregion
}
return true;
}