Mega Code Archive
Read every other value using FileSeek
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using System;
using System.IO;
class MainClass {
public static void Main() {
FileStream f;
char ch;
try {
f = new FileStream("random.dat", FileMode.Create);
}
catch(IOException exc) {
Console.WriteLine(exc.Message);
return ;
}
// Write the alphabet.
for(int i=0; i < 26; i++) {
try {
f.WriteByte((byte)('A'+i));
}
catch(IOException exc) {
Console.WriteLine(exc.Message);
return ;
}
}
try {
Console.WriteLine("Here is every other value: ");
for(int i=0; i < 26; i += 2) {
f.Seek(i, SeekOrigin.Begin); // seek to ith double
ch = (char) f.ReadByte();
Console.Write(ch + " ");
}
}
catch(IOException exc) {
Console.WriteLine(exc.Message);
}
Console.WriteLine();
f.Close();
}
}
Here is every other value:
A C E G I K M O Q S U W Y
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