read text file

[ADO DOT NET]

hi

how can i read all the contents of a text file (all the lines) and put it in a string?

[MrPaul]

StreamReader

 

Use the System.IO.StreamReader class. It has a constructor which takes a filename and has a ReadToEnd() method which will return the entire contents of the file in a string.

 

Good luck :)

[snarfblam]

Re: StreamReader

 

An easier way would be to use the ReadAllText method of the File class.

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[color="Blue"]string[/color] text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(filename);

[color="Magenta"]VB[/color]
[color="Blue"]Dim [/color]Text [color="Blue"]As String [/color]= System.IO.File.ReadAllText(Filename)

[amir100]

Re: StreamReader

 

An easier way would be to use the ReadAllText method of the File class.

[color="Magenta"]C#[/color]
[color="Blue"]string[/color] text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(filename);

[color="Magenta"]VB[/color]
[color="Blue"]Dim [/color]Text [color="Blue"]As String [/color]= System.IO.File.ReadAllText(Filename)

 

This is (as quoted from MSDN) "new in the .NET Framework version 2.0".

[snarfblam]

Re: StreamReader

 

That is correct.