title: Counting items from a .txt file and displaying results - C#
body: <p>I'm sure I'm making this much harder than it really is, but my brain hurts....</p>
  
  <p>I have a program that reads a list of baseball teams from a .txt file (called Teams) and displays them into a listbox. I have another .txt file (called WorldSeries) that displays, in order, which teams have won the World Series. The WorldSeries file looks like this (minus the bullet points):</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Boston Americans</li>
  <li>New York Giants</li>
  <li>Chicago White Sox</li>
  <li>Chicago Cubs</li>
  <li>Chicago Cubs</li>
  <li>Pittsburgh Pirates</li>
  <li>...</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Meaning The Boston Americans won the first World Series, Giants second, White Sox third, etc. The dates range from 1903-2009 accordingly, however there was no World Series in 1904 or 1994.</p>
  
  <p>The program allows you to select a team from the list box, click a button, and a MessageBox tells you how many times that team has won the World Series. I thought it sounded pretty easy, but I'm having a harder time than I thought I would. I think I'm doing it way wrong. Can someone please help. Thanks!</p>
  
  <pre><code>    private int numberWins(int[] iArray) // Method to count total number of wins
      {
          int totalWins = 0; // Accumulator, intitialized to 0.
  
          // Step through the array, adding each element to the Accumulator
          for (int index = 0; index &lt; iArray.Length; index++)
          {
              totalWins += iArray[index];
          }
          // Return the number of wins
          return numberWins;
      }
      private void listBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
      }
      private void worldSeriesApp_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
          try
          {
              string teamName; // To hold the teams name
              StreamReader inputTeams; // For file input
              inputTeams = File.OpenText("Teams.txt"); // Open the file for  team list
              teamList.Items.Clear(); // Clear all items currently in the List Box
              while (!inputTeams.EndOfStream) // While not at the end of the list of teams
              {
                  teamName = inputTeams.ReadLine(); // Read each line
                  teamList.Items.Add(teamName); // Add each line to the List Box
              }
              inputTeams.Close(); // Close the file
          }
          catch (Exception ex) // Catch any errors
          {
              MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); // Let the user know there is an error
          }
      }
      private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
          // Local variables
          const int SEASONS = 104; // Number of Seasons between 1903 and 2009
          int[] championships = new int [SEASONS]; // Array of seasons
          StreamReader champFile; // For file input
  
          int index = 0; // Loop counter
  
          string selectedTeam; // Team selected from the List Box
  
  
          // Open the file and get StreamReader object
          champFile = File.OpenText("WorldSeries.txt");
  
          //Read the files contents into the array
          while (index &lt; championships.Length &amp;&amp; !champFile.EndOfStream)
          {
              championships[index] = int.Parse(champFile.ReadLine());
              index ++;
          }
  
          if (teamList.SelectedIndex !=-1) // If a team is selected
          {
              //Get the selected item.
              selectedTeam = teamList.SelectedItem.ToString();
  
              // Determine if the team is in the array.
              if (numberWins(champFile, selectedTeam) != 1) // If so...
              {
                  // Display how many times that team has won the World Series
                  MessageBox.Show("The " + selectedTeam + "has won the World Series"
                  numberWins + "times!");
              }
              else // Otherwise..
              {
                  // Let them know their team sucks.
                  MessageBox.Show("The " + selectedTeam + "sucks because they have never
                  won the World Series!");
              }
  </code></pre>