static void Main(string[] args) { string filePath = @"C:\Users\opilane\Samples"; string fileName = @"frozenll.txt"; string fullFilePath = Path.Combine(filePath, fileName); //create an arrray of records from file string[] linesFromFile = File.ReadAllLines(fullFilePath); CharacterList myCharacters = new CharacterList(); foreach (string line in linesFromFile) { string[] tempArray = line.Split(new char[] { '/' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); string characterName = tempArray[0]; string characterWish = tempArray[1]; myCharacters.AddCharactersToList(characterName, characterWish); } myCharacters.PrintAllCharacters(); }