C# StreamReader Read()
Description
StreamReader Read() Reads the next character from the
input stream and advances the character position by one character.
Syntax
StreamReader.Read() has the following syntax.
public override int Read()
Returns
StreamReader.Read() method returns The next character from the input stream represented as an Int32 object,
or -1 if no more characters are available.
Example
The following code example demonstrates a simple use of the Read method.
//from w ww. ja v a 2 s .c om
using System;
using System.IO;
class Test
{
public static void Main()
{
string path = @"c:\temp\MyTest.txt";
using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(path))
{
sw.WriteLine("This");
sw.WriteLine("is from ");
sw.WriteLine("java2s.com");
sw.WriteLine(".");
}
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(path))
{
while (sr.Peek() >= 0)
{
Console.Write((char)sr.Read());
}
}
}
}