Thread: String Comparison

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    String Comparison

    I am trying to help a friend of mine with a c# assignment and I can't figure out why when I read in a series of 3 character strings and compare them to predetermined values, that it keeps coming up 0. I haven't done c# in a while and my mind is boggled.

    Code:
            private void btnRead_and_Count_Starts_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
                StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(openFile.FileName);
                int countS = 0;
                int countStop = 0;
                int count = 0;
                string s = "";
                string print = "";
                string print2 = "";
                do
                {
                    s = reader.ReadLine();
                    switch (s)
                    {
                        case "aug":
                            MessageBox.Show("hi");
                            countS++;
                            break;
                        case "gug":
                            countS++;
                            break;
                        case "uug":
                            countS++;
                            break;
                        case "uag":
                            countStop++;
                            break;
                        case "uga":
                            countStop++;
                            break;
                        case "uaa":
                            countStop++;
                            break;
                        default:
                            count++;
                            break;
                    }
                }
                while (!reader.EndOfStream);
                reader.Close();
                print = "Start Codons: " + countS;
                print2 = "Stop Codons: " + countStop;
                lstDNA.Items.Add(print);
                lstDNA.Items.Add(print2);
            }
        }
    It just refuses to ever count anything for countS and countStop.

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    What's the result of "count" at the end?
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