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Question

I'm currently learning about Visual Basic text files but I came across a problem. I'm supposed to create a text file (Players) with data inside and I have to design a form with listbox to include the players’ names that are more than 30 years old.
This is my current code:
Dim q1 = From itm As String In IO.File.ReadAllLines("Players.txt")
Let Data=itm.Split(","c)
Let fname = Data(0)
Let age = Data(4)
Let newline = fname * " "& age
Where age > 30
For Each itm1 As String in q1
ListBox1.Items.Add(itm1)
Next
My expected output should show the names of players that are over 30 years old. Thank you in advance to anyone that can help me solve this issue.

Answer 1

You can use linq. For example: assume you have a txt like that
Giuseppe, 30
Pippo, 13
Luca, 32
to extract only over 30 years old you can do...
Dim obj = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText("Players.txt").Split(vbCrLf).ToList()
Dim ret = (From a In obj Where a.Split(",")(1) > 30 Select a).ToList
The result is
Luca, 32

Answer 2

Best to use a class to define Player. I also made a class Players to hide the file processing from the consumer.
Public Class Player
Public Property Name As String
Public Property Age As Integer
End Class
Public Class Players
Private _list As New List(Of Player)()
Public ReadOnly Property List As IEnumerable(Of Player)
Get
Return _list
End Get
End Property
Public Sub New(path As String)
Dim lines = File.ReadAllLines(path)
For Each line In lines
Dim split = line.Split(","c)
If split.Count = 2 Then
_list.Add(New Player() With {.Name = split(0), .Age = Integer.Parse(split(1))})
End If
Next
End Sub
End Class
And use databinding to populate the ListBox
Dim ps = New Players("Players.txt")
Me.ListBox1.DataSource = ps.Items.Where(Function(p) p.Age >= 30).ToList()
Me.ListBox1.DisplayMember = "Name"
If you're not into the whole Players class and Items property, you can still use the Player class, and just do all the processing in your consuming code (it's basically the same thing, but the processing code is not encapsulated in the model).
Dim ps = New List(Of Player)()
Dim lines = File.ReadAllLines("Players.txt")
For Each line In lines
Dim split = line.Split(","c)
If split.Count = 2 Then
ps.Add(New Player() With {.Name = split(0), .Age = Integer.Parse(split(1))})
End If
Next
Me.ListBox1.DataSource = ps.Where(Function(p) p.Age >= 30).ToList()
Me.ListBox1.DisplayMember = "Name"