C# BinaryReader Read()
Description
BinaryReader Read() Reads characters from the underlying
stream and advances the current position of the stream in accordance with
the Encoding used and the specific character being read from the stream.
Syntax
BinaryReader.Read() has the following syntax.
public virtual int Read()
Returns
BinaryReader.Read() method returns The next character from the input stream, or -1 if no characters are currently
available.
Example
The following example shows how to read and write data using memory as a backing store.
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using System;
using System.IO;
class BinaryRW
{
static void Main()
{
int i = 0;
char[] myChars = new char[]{'a','v','c','d'};
MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();
BinaryWriter binWriter = new BinaryWriter(memStream);
for(i = 0; i < myChars.Length; i++)
{
binWriter.Write(myChars[i]);
}
BinaryReader binReader = new BinaryReader(memStream);
Console.Write(binReader.ReadString());
char[] memoryData = new char[memStream.Length - memStream.Position];
for(i = 0; i < memoryData.Length; i++)
{
memoryData[i] = Convert.ToChar(binReader.Read());
}
Console.WriteLine(memoryData);
}
}