Improving solution for file_displayer project.

Author: aubertc

source/code/projects/FileDisplayer/FileDisplayer/Program.cs

@@ -9,14 +9,70 @@ static void Main()
      * We first create three
      * string variables where
      * our three demo files
-     * are located.
+     * are located, and created.
      */
     string directoryPath = AppDomain
       .CurrentDomain
       .BaseDirectory;
     string ex0 = Path.Combine(directoryPath, "ex0.txt");
+    try
+    {
+      StreamWriter sr = new StreamWriter(ex0);
+      sr.WriteLine(
+        @"This is the first demo file. It contains a long first line that will not wrap nicely on some display.
+It also contains another line that contains the word line also.
+It will be used to test our methods.
+"
+      );
+      sr.Close();
+    }
+    catch (Exception ex)
+    {
+      Console.WriteLine(
+        "Something went wrong setting up the project.\nPlease, contact your instructor, sharing the following message:\n"
+          + ex.Message
+      );
+    }
     string ex1 = Path.Combine(directoryPath, "ex1.txt");
+    try
+    {
+      StreamWriter sr = new StreamWriter(ex1);
+      sr.WriteLine(
+        @"A very short
+demo file.
+"
+      );
+      sr.Close();
+    }
+    catch (Exception ex)
+    {
+      Console.WriteLine(
+        "Something went wrong setting up the project.\nPlease, contact your instructor, sharing the following message:\n"
+          + ex.Message
+      );
+    }
     string ex2 = Path.Combine(directoryPath, "ex2.csv");
+    try
+    {
+      StreamWriter sr = new StreamWriter(ex2);
+      sr.WriteLine(
+        @"Index,First Name,Last Name,Lap 1, Lap 2, Lap 3
+1,Shelby,Terrell,78,80,82
+2,Phillip,Summers,76,82,91
+3,Kristine,Travis,78,82,83
+4,Marty,Gave,67,73,72
+5,Harley,Test,78,91,72
+"
+      );
+      sr.Close();
+    }
+    catch (Exception ex)
+    {
+      Console.WriteLine(
+        "Something went wrong setting up the project.\nPlease, contact your instructor, sharing the following message:\n"
+          + ex.Message
+      );
+    }
 
     // Testing the "Display" Method:
     Console.WriteLine("*****\n* Testing Display\n*****");

source/code/projects/FileDisplayer/FileDisplayer/bin/Debug/ex0.txt

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * asks the method to display an error
  * message if something goes wrong. A more
  * principled approach would require the
- * method to send an exception back to 
+ * method to send an exception back to
  * the main routine, and to let it handle
  * the error as it sees fit.
  */

source/code/projects/FileDisplayer/FileDisplayer/bin/Debug/ex1.txt

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static void Main()
     {
       Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + e.Message);
     }
-    
+
     // Beginning of solution.
     string line;
     double number;
@@ -53,12 +53,14 @@ static void Main()
     }
     finally
     {
-      Console.WriteLine("Done summing the numbers in the file.");
+      Console.WriteLine(
+        "Done summing the numbers in the file."
+      );
     }
-    
+
     try
     {
-      // The "true" in the following constructor allows 
+      // The "true" in the following constructor allows
       // us to directly append at the end of the file.
       StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fPath, true);
       sw.WriteLine($"Total: {sum}");
@@ -68,28 +70,31 @@ static void Main()
     {
       Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + e.Message);
     }
-    finally{
+    finally
+    {
       Console.WriteLine("Done writing in the file.");
     }
-    
+
     // This is simply to open the file and read it back
     // directly from the program.
-    try{
+    try
+    {
       StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fPath);
       line = sr.ReadLine();
-      while(line != null){
+      while (line != null)
+      {
         Console.WriteLine(line);
         line = sr.ReadLine();
       }
       sr.Close();
     }
-        catch (Exception e)
+    catch (Exception e)
     {
       Console.WriteLine("Exception: " + e.Message);
     }
-    finally{
+    finally
+    {
       Console.WriteLine("Done displaying the file.");
     }
-      
   }
 }

source/code/projects/FileDisplayer/FileDisplayer/bin/Debug/ex2.csv

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 class Demo : IToString
 {
-  public string Name{get; set;}
-  public Demo(string nameP){Name = nameP;}
+  public string Name { get; set; }
+
+  public Demo(string nameP)
+  {
+    Name = nameP;
+  }
   // public override string ToString(){return "The name attribute contains:" + Name;}
 }

source/code/projects/FileDisplayerSolution/FileDisplayerSolution/FileDisplayer.cs

@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ private void NewName(string newNameP)
   {
     name = newNameP + $" (previous name: {name})";
   }
-  
+
   public Person() { }
 }

source/code/projects/FileSumNumbers/FileSumNumbers/Program.cs

@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@ public static void Main()
 
     test1.commonName = "Test";
     FMember test2 = new FMember("Cousin", "Samuel");
-    
   }
 }

source/code/projects/IToString/IToString/Demo.cs

@@ -11,9 +11,16 @@ string DisplayH(int[] aP, int currentIndex)
       string ret = "";
       if (aP.Length == currentIndex + 1)
         ret += " || " + aP[currentIndex].ToString();
-      else ret+= DisplayH(aP, currentIndex+1) + ", " + aP[currentIndex].ToString();
-      if (currentIndex == 0){ret += " ** "; }
-      return ret; 
+      else
+        ret +=
+          DisplayH(aP, currentIndex + 1)
+          + ", "
+          + aP[currentIndex].ToString();
+      if (currentIndex == 0)
+      {
+        ret += " ** ";
+      }
+      return ret;
     }
     string Display(int[] aP)
     {
@@ -23,7 +30,7 @@ string Display(int[] aP)
         return DisplayH(aP, 0);
     }
     // Examples
-    int[] array0 = { 1, 2, 4};
+    int[] array0 = { 1, 2, 4 };
     int[] array1 = { 1, 2, 4, 10, 13, 17 };
     int[] array2 = { 12, 98, 120, 15 };
     int[] array3 =
@@ -44,9 +51,6 @@ string Display(int[] aP)
     Console.WriteLine("Example 0: " + Display(array0));
     Console.WriteLine("Example 1: " + Display(array1));
     Console.WriteLine("Example 2: " + Display(array2));
-    Console.WriteLine(
-      "Example 3: " + Display(array3)
-    );
-
+    Console.WriteLine("Example 3: " + Display(array3));
   }
 }