Looking for C# equivalent of scanf

Question

I used to code in C language in the past and I found the scanf function very useful. Unfortunately, there is no equivalent in C#.

I am using using it to parse semi-structured text files.

I found an interresting example of scanf implementation here. Unfortunately, it looks old and incomplete.

Does anyone know a scanf C# implementation ? Or at least something that would work as a reversed string.Format?

Answer 1

Since the files are "semi-structured" can't you use a combination of ReadLine() and TryParse() methods, or the Regex class to parse your data?