Click here to Skip to main content
15,886,873 members
Home / Discussions / C#
   

C#

 
GeneralRe: How to customize the default .Net Framework Validation Error Messages Pin
Fokwa Divine11-Jan-24 4:17
Fokwa Divine11-Jan-24 4:17 
GeneralRe: How to customize the default .Net Framework Validation Error Messages Pin
Pete O'Hanlon11-Jan-24 18:56
mvePete O'Hanlon11-Jan-24 18:56 
Questiondisplay only first 10 files from each directory Pin
picasso29-Jan-24 11:59
picasso29-Jan-24 11:59 
AnswerRe: display only first 10 files from each directory Pin
jschell9-Jan-24 12:39
jschell9-Jan-24 12:39 
AnswerRe: display only first 10 files from each directory Pin
OriginalGriff9-Jan-24 19:54
mveOriginalGriff9-Jan-24 19:54 
AnswerRe: display only first 10 files from each directory Pin
Richard Deeming9-Jan-24 23:44
mveRichard Deeming9-Jan-24 23:44 
GeneralRe: display only first 10 files from each directory Pin
OriginalGriff10-Jan-24 23:27
mveOriginalGriff10-Jan-24 23:27 
GeneralRe: display only first 10 files from each directory Pin
Richard Deeming11-Jan-24 0:45
mveRichard Deeming11-Jan-24 0:45 
Indeed; even the underlying Win32 API doesn't guarantee the order:
The order in which this function returns the file names is dependent on the file system type. With the NTFS file system and CDFS file systems, the names are usually returned in alphabetical order. With FAT file systems, the names are usually returned in the order the files were written to the disk, which may or may not be in alphabetical order. However, as stated previously, these behaviors are not guaranteed.
However, it's probably still more efficient to use some sort of bounded sorted list to store the 10 "first" files based on your chosen sort order as they're enumerated, rather than getting the list of all files, sorting them, and then picking the "first" 10. Smile | :)

Eg, using SortedList<TKey, TValue>, which unfortunately doesn't support an upper-bound on the number of elements:
C#
const int NumberOfFiles = 10;
const int Capacity = NumberOfFiles + 1;

SortedList<string, string> firstFiles = new(Capacity, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
foreach (string filePath in Path.EnumerateFiles(directoryPath))
{
    string fileName = Path.GetFileName(filePath);
    firstFiles.Add(fileName, filePath);
    if (firstFiles.Count == Capacity) 
    {
        firstFiles.RemoveAt(firstFiles.Count - 1);
    }
}




"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

QuestionCompatibity Pin
PedroSini9-Jan-24 5:06
PedroSini9-Jan-24 5:06 
AnswerRe: Compatibity Pin
Pete O'Hanlon9-Jan-24 5:15
mvePete O'Hanlon9-Jan-24 5:15 
QuestionGet List Of Physical & Logical Drives Pin
Kevin Marois4-Jan-24 22:15
professionalKevin Marois4-Jan-24 22:15 
AnswerRe: Get List Of Physical & Logical Drives Pin
Richard Deeming4-Jan-24 22:50
mveRichard Deeming4-Jan-24 22:50 
GeneralRe: Get List Of Physical & Logical Drives Pin
Kevin Marois5-Jan-24 7:32
professionalKevin Marois5-Jan-24 7:32 
QuestionI need to convert a string to a float.... Pin
glennPattonWork33-Jan-24 2:15
professionalglennPattonWork33-Jan-24 2:15 
AnswerRe: I need to convert a string to a float.... Pin
Ron Nicholson3-Jan-24 2:23
professionalRon Nicholson3-Jan-24 2:23 
GeneralRe: I need to convert a string to a float.... Pin
glennPattonWork33-Jan-24 2:29
professionalglennPattonWork33-Jan-24 2:29 
GeneralRe: I need to convert a string to a float.... Pin
OriginalGriff3-Jan-24 5:05
mveOriginalGriff3-Jan-24 5:05 
AnswerRe: I need to convert a string to a float.... Pin
Richard Deeming3-Jan-24 2:30
mveRichard Deeming3-Jan-24 2:30 
GeneralRe: I need to convert a string to a float.... Pin
glennPattonWork33-Jan-24 2:51
professionalglennPattonWork33-Jan-24 2:51 
GeneralToList() or not to List. Pin
Gerry Schmitz16-Dec-23 10:10
mveGerry Schmitz16-Dec-23 10:10 
GeneralRe: ToList() or not to List. Pin
Dave Kreskowiak16-Dec-23 13:44
mveDave Kreskowiak16-Dec-23 13:44 
GeneralRe: ToList() or not to List. Pin
Gerry Schmitz17-Dec-23 5:27
mveGerry Schmitz17-Dec-23 5:27 
GeneralRe: ToList() or not to List. Pin
Dave Kreskowiak17-Dec-23 5:56
mveDave Kreskowiak17-Dec-23 5:56 
GeneralRe: ToList() or not to List. Pin
jschell18-Dec-23 5:54
jschell18-Dec-23 5:54 
GeneralRe: ToList() or not to List. Pin
harold aptroot17-Dec-23 6:15
harold aptroot17-Dec-23 6:15 

General General    News News    Suggestion Suggestion    Question Question    Bug Bug    Answer Answer    Joke Joke    Praise Praise    Rant Rant    Admin Admin   

Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.