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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+
+namespace MorseCodeTranslateToEnglish
+{
+ class Program
+ {
+
+ static Dictionary morse;
+
+ static void Main(string[] args)
+ {
+ InitialiseDictionary();
+ readFromFile();
+ }
+
+ private static void InitialiseDictionary()
+ {
+ morse = new Dictionary() //dictionary to translate morse code to characers
+ {
+ {".-",'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 static void readFromFile()
+ {
+ try //attempts to access the file C:\Temp\MorrisCodeFile.txt. If the file cannot be accessed, then the user will receive notification of file read failure
+ {
+ string input = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Temp\MorrisCodeFile.txt");
+ input = input.Replace("||", " ").Replace("\r", " \r").Replace("\n", " \n "); //replaces the || delimiter with a space, also a space after carriage return and line feed
+ Console.WriteLine(translate(input));
+ Console.WriteLine("Press enter to end.");
+ Console.ReadKey(false);
+ }
+ catch
+ {
+ Console.WriteLine("The file doesn't exist. Please check the file location and file name. (C:\\Temp\\MorrisCodeFile.txt)");
+ Console.WriteLine("Press any key to close.");
+ Console.ReadKey(false);
+ }
+ }
+
+ private static string translate(string input)
+ {
+
+ string[] words = input.Split(' '); //separates the morse code into individual words based on single space
+ StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+ foreach (string word in words)
+ {
+ if (morse.Keys.Contains(word)) //if the value exists in the dictionary, then it will display the associated character value
+ sb.Append(morse[word]);
+ else sb.Append(word); //if the value does not exist, then the value will be used (mainly for troubleshooting purposes)
+ }
+ return sb.ToString();
+ }
+ }
+}
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