FixedLengthRecord FixedMode.AllowLessChars

Options when working with fixed files where not all records have same length:

Input.txt

01010 Alfreds Futterkiste          13122005
12399 Ana Trujillo Emparedados y   23012000
00011 Antonio Moreno Taquería      042001
51677 Around the Horn              13051998
99999 Berglunds snabbköp           111999

//-> The Record Mapping class:

RecordClass.cs

[FixedLengthRecord(FixedMode.AllowLessChars)]
public class Customer
{
    [FieldFixedLength(5)]
    public int CustId;

    [FieldFixedLength(30)]
    [FieldTrim(TrimMode.Both)]
    public string Name;

    [FieldFixedLength(8)]
    [FieldConverter(ConverterKind.DateMultiFormat, "ddMMyyyy", "MMyyyy")]
    public DateTime AddedDate;
}

//-> Iterating over the records:

Example.cs

var engine = new FixedFileEngine<Customer>();
Customer[] result = engine.ReadFile("input.txt");

foreach (var detail in result) {
    Console.WriteLine(" Client: {0},  Date: {1}",
        detail.CustId,
        detail.AddedDate.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy"));
}

Console

Client: 1010,  Date: 13-12-2005
Client: 12399,  Date: 23-01-2000
Client: 11,  Date: 01-04-2001
Client: 51677,  Date: 13-05-1998
Client: 99999,  Date: 01-11-1999