public static List <Snack> ReadSnackFile(string filename) //reads from text file
{
List <Snack> snack = new List <Snack>();
StreamReader sr = null;
try
{
sr = new StreamReader(filename);
while (!sr.EndOfStream)
{
string line = sr.ReadLine();
string[] tokens = line.Split('\t');
string name = tokens[0];
double price = double.Parse(tokens[1]);
string category = tokens[2];
string descrip = tokens[3];
string taste = tokens[4];
Snack p = new Snack(name, price, category, descrip, taste);
snack.Add(p);
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error reading file");
}
finally
{
if (sr != null)
{
sr.Close();
}
}
return(snack);
}