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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<configuration>
+    <startup> 
+        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2" />
+    </startup>
+</configuration>
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace MorseCode_SoftWriters
+{
+    class MorseCode
+    {
+        private string[] readIn;
+        private string[] englishArray = new string[0];
+
+        // Dictionary that uses morse-code string as a key and an english character as the value
+        private static IDictionary<string, string> morseChart = new Dictionary<string, string>()
+        {
+            {".-", "a"},
+            {"-...", "b"},
+            {"-.-.", "c"},
+            {"-..", "d"},
+            {".", "e"},
+            {"..-.", "f"},
+            {"--.", "g"},
+            {"....", "h"},
+            {"..", "i"},
+            {".---", "j"},
+            {"-.-", "k"},
+            {".-..", "l"},
+            {"--", "m"},
+            {"-.", "n"},
+            {"---", "o"},
+            {".--.", "p"},
+            {"--.-", "q"},
+            {".-.", "r"},
+            {"...", "s"},
+            {"-", "t"},
+            {"..-", "u"},
+            {"...-", "v"},
+            {".--", "w"},
+            {"-..-", "x"},
+            {"-.--", "y"},
+            {"--..", "z"},
+            {"", " " },
+            {".----", "1" },
+            {"..---", "2" },
+            {"...--", "3" },
+            {"....-", "4" },
+            {".....", "5" },
+            {"-....", "6" },
+            {"--...", "7" },
+            {"---..", "8" },
+            {"----.", "9" },
+            {"-----", "0" }
+        };
+        public MorseCode(string path)
+        {
+            // sets readIn to an array of morse-code strings seperated by line from the file located in 'path'
+            readIn = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(@path);
+
+
+            // sets englishArray to a new array with the same size as 'readIn'
+            englishArray = new string[readIn.Length];
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < readIn.Length; i++)
+            {
+                // in each line, split the variables at the "||" and save each new string into a temporary array
+                string[] temp = readIn[i].Split(new[] { "||" }, StringSplitOptions.None);
+
+                string s = "";
+
+                for (int j = 0; j < temp.Length; j++)
+                {
+                    // adds the english equivalent to the string 's' using the dictionary 'morseChart'
+                    s += morseChart[temp[j]];
+                }
+                if (s.Length != 0)
+                {
+                    englishArray[i] = s;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        public string[] ReturnEnglishArray()
+        {
+            //return englishArray
+            return englishArray;
+        }
+    }
+}
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+  <PropertyGroup>
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+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <ProjectGuid>{24E60371-C95B-4333-94AB-291D96D2B308}</ProjectGuid>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
+    <RootNamespace>MorseCode_SoftWriters</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>MorseCode_SoftWriters</AssemblyName>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
+    <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="MorseCode.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="App.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
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+using System;
+
+namespace MorseCode_SoftWriters
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            // path I used on my computer to test the input
+            string path = "C:\\Users\\Taylor\\Desktop\\input.txt";
+
+            // I'd expect some sort of check to be done in the system to make sure the file can actually be opened before passing in the path to the new class
+
+            // creates a new MorseCode object and passes in the path
+            MorseCode mc = new MorseCode(path);
+
+            // string array that stores the lines of english words
+            string[] sa = mc.ReturnEnglishArray();
+
+            foreach(string output in sa)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine(output);
+            }
+
+            Console.Out.Write("Press any key to continue");
+            Console.ReadKey();
+
+        }
+    }
+}
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+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
+// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
+// associated with an assembly.
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("MorseCode_SoftWriters")]
+[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCompany("Microsoft")]
+[assembly: AssemblyProduct("MorseCode_SoftWriters")]
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+
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+
+// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
+//
+//      Major Version
+//      Minor Version 
+//      Build Number
+//      Revision
+//
+// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
+// by using the '*' as shown below:
+// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]
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+    <security>
+      <requestedPrivileges xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
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+      </requestedPrivileges>
+    </security>
+  </trustInfo>
+</assembly>
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