.. _csharp_tutorial:

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C# Tutorial
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This basic tutorial explains how to use libLAS to read and write 
LIDAR data encoded in LAS file format from C#.

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Hello world
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.. code-block:: csharp

 using System;
 using System.Text;
 using LibLAS;

 class Program
 {
    static void Main(string[] args)

    {
        try
        {
            LASReader lasreader = new LASReader(@"F:\sample_in.las");
            LASPoint laspoint;
            LASHeader lasheader = lasreader.GetHeader();
            LASWriter laswriter = new LASWriter(@"F:\sample_out.las", lasheader, LASReadWriteMode.LASModeWrite);
            Console.WriteLine("Number of points in file= {0}", lasheader.PointRecordsCount);

            while (lasreader.GetNextPoint())
            {
                laspoint = lasreader.GetPoint();
                //Console.WriteLine(laspoint.X + "," + laspoint.Y + "," + laspoint.Z);
                laswriter.WritePoint(laspoint);
            }
        }
        catch (LASException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\nLASException! Msg: {0}", e.Message);
        }
        catch
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Unknown exception caught");
        }
        finally
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Do i need something to do?");
        }

        Console.WriteLine("End of file");
        Console.Read();
    }
 }