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.

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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)

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

 

[snarfblam]

Re: StreamReader

That is correct.