Reading characters from a file

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How can i read each characters into an array from a file using C#

Posted 8-Oct-12 22:45pm

Adeyemi Adegoke T.

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2012-10-08T22:47:00

Solution 1

Use a StreamReader[^].

Posted 8-Oct-12 22:47pm

Richard MacCutchan

ridoy · Answer 2 · 2012-10-09T00:29:00

Solution 3

http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/182466-read-text-file-into-a-char-array/[^]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ezwyzy7b.aspx[^]

Posted 9-Oct-12 0:29am

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Mohammad A Rahman · Answer 3 · 2012-10-09T13:51:00

might help,

The contents of the temp.ini file,

[Setup]
ProductName=Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package
ProductMsi=vc_red.msi

and after running this program,

C#

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        /*  replace C:\\temp.ini with your file*/
        var charArrays = ReadAllChar("C:\\temp.ini");

        /*To test you can ignore this line*/
        charArrays.ToList().ForEach(ch => Console.Write(ch));
    }

    static char[] ReadAllChar(string filename)
    {
        if (File.Exists(filename))
            return File.ReadAllText(filename).ToCharArray();
        throw new FileNotFoundException(filename);
    }
}

This program produces following output,

txt

[Setup]
ProductName=Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package
ProductMsi=vc_red.msi

:)

Jorge Montoya · Answer 4 · 2012-10-09T15:23:00

Solution 6

byte[] file = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes("FilePath");

Posted 9-Oct-12 15:23pm

Jorge Montoya

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Kuthuparakkal 9-Oct-12 22:00pm

Byte array and char array are not same. Don't post whatever you like, think

Kuthuparakkal · Answer 5 · 2012-10-09T15:58:00

Solution 7

Try this:

C#

System.IO.File.ReadAllText(yourfilename).ToCharArray();

Posted 9-Oct-12 15:58pm

Kuthuparakkal

Chocomucho · Answer 6 · 2012-10-08T22:56:00

Solution 2

C#

using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(FilePathString, true))
                        {
                            string SD_TextContent = sr.ReadToEnd();
                            sr.Dispose();
                        }

Posted 8-Oct-12 22:56pm

Chocomucho