/// <summary>
/// read file, transfer data format and then save into a List
/// </summary>
public static List <NameAndScore> ReadFileAndSaveIntoList(String filePath)
{
List <NameAndScore> listOfNameAndScore = new List <NameAndScore>();
try
{
using (System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(filePath))
{
string line;
while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
{
NameAndScore nameAndScore = new NameAndScore();
String[] items = line.Split(',');
nameAndScore.FirstName = items[0];
nameAndScore.LastName = items[1];
nameAndScore.Score = Convert.ToInt32(items[2]);
listOfNameAndScore.Add(nameAndScore);
}
}
return(listOfNameAndScore);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("The file could not be read:");
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
return(null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Orders the names by their score. If scores are the same, order by their last name followed by
//// first name
/// </summary>
public static Boolean compareScoreAndName(NameAndScore item1, NameAndScore item2)
{
return((item1.Score < item2.Score) || (item1.Score == item2.Score && string.Compare(item1.LastName, item2.LastName) < 0) || (item1.Score == item2.Score && string.Compare(item1.LastName, item2.LastName) == 0 && string.Compare(item1.FirstName, item2.FirstName) < 0));
}