Get StreamReader in .NET

DriveInfo , DirectoryInfo , FileInfo, StreamReader , StreamWriter

What is FileInfo

• To write / read the content to / write the file, you require file streams.
• A file stream acts as a pointer for the file, which contains the memory address of the file on the disc.

There are two types of file streams.

1)  Reading Streams

2)  Writing Streams

API:  System.IO.StreamReader (to read the content of the file)

Reading content from the file

Import the API

using System.IO;

Create the stream reader object

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(file name);

Reade the content

sr.ReadToEnd();

Close the Reader

sr.Close();

Program for StreamReader                                                               

 using System;

using System.IO;

namespace FileReadDemo

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

string filepath;

Console.WriteLine("Enter the file path:");

filepath = Console.ReadLine();

FileInfo fobj = new FileInfo(filepath);

if (fobj.Exists)

{

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(filepath);

string content = sr.ReadToEnd();

Console.WriteLine(content);

sr.Close();

}

else

Console.WriteLine("File not found.");

Console.Read();

}

}

}

DriveInfo , DirectoryInfo , FileInfo, StreamReader , StreamWriter