Simplest possible key/value pair file parsing in .NET

Question

My project requires a file where I will store key/value pair data that should be able to be read and modified by the user. I want the program to just expect the keys to be t

Answer 1

Format the file this way:

key1=value1
key2=value2

Read the entire file into a string (there is a simple convenience function that does that, maybe in the File or string class), and call string.Split('='). Make sure you also call string.Trim() on each key and value as you traverse the list and pop each pair into a hashtable or dictionary.