I’m trying to count the times any names occur in a txt file. Basically output one line for each name in the file and on each line print the number of occurrences followed by the name into a list box.

So far my code looks like this-

private void openFileToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//open text file

 string name;
 string unique;
 string line;
 int count = 0;  
 StreamReader reader;
 
 //Set the filter for the dialog control
 openFileDialog1.Filter = FILTER;
 //check to see if the user has selected a file to open
 if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
 {
     //open the selected file 
     reader = File.OpenText(openFileDialog1.FileName);

     //process the file
     //repeat while it's not the end of the loop
     while (!reader.EndOfStream)
     {
         //read the names in the file
         name = reader.ReadLine();
         unique = reader.ReadLine();

         //display item in the listbox
          listBox1.Items.Add(name.PadRight(20) + CalcUniqueNames(unique));
         
         //add the data to the list
         nameLIst.Add(name);

         //count the unique names
         count++;
         
     }
    
     //close the file
     reader.Close();
 }

}

//CalcUniqueNames(unique) is a method which is supposed to count the names.

private int CalcUniqueNames(string name)
{
int count = 0;

 for (int i = 0; i < uniqueList.Count; i++)
 {
     if (uniqueList[i] == "Alex")
     {
         count++ ;
     }
     else if (uniqueList[i] == "Garian")
     {
         count++;
     }
     else if (uniqueList[i] == "Daniel")
     {
         count++;
     }
     else if (uniqueList[i] == "Jarrod")
     {
         count++;
     }
     else if (uniqueList[i] == "Rachel")
     {
         
         count++;
     }
     else if (uniqueList[i] == "Sean")
     {
         
         count++;
     }
     
 }

 return count;

}

I don’t know why but when I run the programme the names and the number is displays, but the number always states 0. Any help would be appreciated. I thought may be I could go

count + 1

but an error pops up.

I’m new to coding, only have a few months experience.