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Reads count number of characters and returns them as a string with any null terminators removed
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// Copyright (c) SRT Solutions 2009. All rights reserved.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
namespace SRTSolutions.Elevate.IO
{
using global::System;
using global::System.IO;
using global::System.Linq;
/// <summary>
/// Contains extension methods on the binary reader.
/// </summary>
public static class BinaryReaderExtensions
{
/// <summary>
/// Reads count number of characters and returns them as a string with any
/// null terminators removed.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="reader">The reader.</param>
/// <param name="count">The count.</param>
/// <returns>the characters read from the file, as a string</returns>
public static string ReadString(this BinaryReader reader, int count)
{
if (reader == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("reader", "reader is null.");
var charsWithoutNulls =
reader.ReadChars(count)
.TakeWhile(character => character != '\0')
.ToArray();
return new string(charsWithoutNulls);
}
}
}
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