C# File CreateText
Description
File CreateText Creates or opens a file for writing UTF-8
encoded text.
Syntax
File.CreateText has the following syntax.
public static StreamWriter CreateText(
string path
)
Parameters
File.CreateText has the following parameters.
path- The file to be opened for writing.
Returns
File.CreateText method returns A StreamWriter that writes to the specified file using UTF-8 encoding.
Example
The following example creates a file for text writing and reading.
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using System;
using System.IO;
class Test
{
public static void Main()
{
string path = @"c:\temp\MyTest.txt";
if (!File.Exists(path))
{
using (StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(path))
{
sw.WriteLine("Hello");
sw.WriteLine("And");
sw.WriteLine("Welcome");
}
}
using (StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(path))
{
string s = "";
while ((s = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(s);
}
}
}
}