Search string in File and return value C#

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Hello guys.


I want to code following to for the MMORPG Nostale (or rather the String files of it).

There is a monster.txt (where the monster strings are)
and there is a monster.dat (where the stats from the monsters are, including string name and VNUM (!))

There are examples for the files I told you.

monster.txt

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zts1e Kleiner Fuchs
zts2e Fuchs
zts3e Großer Fuchs
zts4e Müder Dusifuchs
zts5e Dusifuchs
zts6e Nervöser Dusifuchs
(and so on, it continues with about 5000 lines)

monster.dat

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#================================================= =======
VNUM 0
NAME zts1e
LEVEL 16
RACE 0 1
ATTRIB 0 0 13 0 1 0
HP/MP 0 0
EXP 0 0
PREATT 0 0 8 8 400
SETTING 0 0 -1 0 0 0
ETC 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
PETINFO 1 10 0 50
EFF 200 0 0
ZSKILL 0 1 3 2 12 0 0
WINFO 0 0 0
WEAPON 16 1 0 0 0 11 -20
AINFO 0 0
ARMOR 16 0 -25 0 0
SKILL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PARTNER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BASIC 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CARD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MODE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ITEM 2000 9000 1 16 800 1 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0
#================================================= =======
#================================================= =======
VNUM 1
NAME zts2e
LEVEL 22
RACE 0 1
ATTRIB 0 0 11 0 0 2
HP/MP 0 0
EXP 0 0
PREATT 0 0 8 8 600
SETTING 0 0 -1 0 0 0
ETC 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
PETINFO 5 5 1 60
EFF 200 0 0
ZSKILL 0 1 3 2 12 0 0
WINFO 0 0 1
WEAPON 22 1 0 0 0 11 -20
AINFO 0 1
ARMOR 22 0 -25 0 0
SKILL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PARTNER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BASIC 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CARD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MODE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ITEM 2000 9000 1 69 600 1 79 600 1 87 600 1 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0
#================================================= =======
#================================================= =======
VNUM 2
NAME zts3e
LEVEL 25
RACE 0 1
ATTRIB 0 0 10 0 0 2
HP/MP 0 0
EXP 0 0
PREATT 0 0 8 8 600
SETTING 0 0 -1 0 0 0
ETC 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
PETINFO 10 2 0 70
EFF 200 0 0
ZSKILL 0 1 3 2 12 0 0
WINFO 0 0 1
WEAPON 25 1 0 0 0 11 -20
AINFO 0 1
ARMOR 25 0 -25 0 0
SKILL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PARTNER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BASIC 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CARD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MODE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ITEM 2000 10000 1 505 700 1 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 0 0
#================================================= =======

(and so on, it continues with more than 5000 lines

My plan is to check line by line if the first string of monster.txt is contained in the monster.dat each 25 lines. And if so, I want to return the value to the console output

So my problem is that I already know how to read the first 25 lines to one string (using StringBuilder) and get the value after "VNUM" (this is what I want get returned). But I don't know how to to that with the rest of the files.

My code

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            string path = @"D:\Daniel\Desktop\.NOS unpacked\STRINGS\NSgtdData\";
            string filename = "monster.dat";

            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(path + filename))
            {
                String line;
                int i = 0;
                // Read and display lines from the file until the end of 
                // the file is reached.
                
                while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    if (i < 25)
                    {

                        sb.AppendLine(line);

                        string a = Console.ReadLine();
                        if (sb.ToString().Contains(a))
                        {
                            string[] words = sb.ToString().Split(' ');
                            foreach (string word in words)
                            {
                                if(word.Contains(a))
                                {
                                    int index = word.IndexOf("M\t") +2;
                                    string piece = word.Substring(index);

                                    string[] array = piece.Split('\t');
                                    Console.WriteLine(array[0]);
                                }
                              //  Console.WriteLine(word);
                            }
                           // Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());
                            Console.WriteLine("DONE!");
                        }

                        i++;
                    }

                }
            }

I hope you understand and you can help me a bit.

PS: I also speak German! :P

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#moved

[IceTrailer]

Solved.

I used lists (dictionary) where I put all the strings and so on.