Get information from file and put in list - regex

Question

Right now i'm making a program that allows you to mod a game more easier. In the regular game you have to open up files and navigate through the animations. I wanted to make it easier. I've already made the other parts of the program but go to the last part that I need help with. I want to be able to grab all forms of the first animation name and then the inside animation name, make that go along with it. So I can make an easy to use editor. I know this would most likely involve regex and I am fairly bad at it, I am also still trying to RE-learn VB.net after not toying with the language for ages. If someone could help me out, i'd be very thankful:
The file I am trying to load:
animation "idle0"
{
animation "idle_yoga";
};
animation "idle1"
{
animation "idle_pants";
};

Answer 1

Here you have a sample code performing what you are after:
Dim dict As Dictionary(Of String, String) = New Dictionary(Of String, String)()
Try
Dim sr As System.IO.StreamReader = New System.IO.StreamReader("path to the file")
Dim line As String
Dim started As Boolean = False
Dim inside As Boolean = False
Dim firstInput As String = ""
Do
line = sr.ReadLine()
If (line IsNot Nothing) Then
If (line.ToLower().Contains("animation")) Then
If (started AndAlso inside) Then
'Animation
Dim curItem As String = line.ToLower().Split(New String() {"animation"}, StringSplitOptions.None)(1).Trim()
If (curItem.Substring(curItem.Length - 1, 1) = ";") Then curItem = curItem.Substring(0, curItem.Length - 1)
curItem = curItem.Replace("""", "")
dict.Add(firstInput, curItem)
started = False
inside = False
ElseIf (Not inside) Then
'Group name
Dim curItem As String = line.ToLower().Split(New String() {"animation"}, StringSplitOptions.None)(1).Trim()
curItem = curItem.Replace("""", "")
firstInput = curItem
started = True
End If
ElseIf (started AndAlso line.Contains("{")) Then
inside = True
End If
End If
Loop Until line Is Nothing
sr.Close()
Catch
End Try
This code reads the information from a file as described (the code you posted line by line) and performs the grouping you want. Finally, I chose a Dictionary (ListBox is perhaps not the best control for that; you might consider to use a ListView better) because the whole point is showing you how can this situation be addressed. I guess that what the code does is pretty clear: you will have to extend/adapt it to your actual requirements, although the main structure should be something on these lines anyway.