Mega Code Archive
Demonstrates attaching a StreamReader object to a stream
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/*
C# Programming Tips & Techniques
by Charles Wright, Kris Jamsa
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (December 28, 2001)
ISBN: 0072193794
*/
// StrmRdr.cs -- Demonstrates attaching a StreamReader object to a stream
//
// Compile this program with the following command line:
// C:>csc StrmRdr.cs
using System;
using System.IO;
namespace nsStreams
{
public class StrmRdr
{
static public void Main (string [] args)
{
if (args.Length == 0)
{
Console.WriteLine ("Please enter a file name");
return;
}
FileStream strm;
StreamReader reader;
try
{
// Create the stream
strm = new FileStream (args[0], FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
// Link a stream reader to the stream
reader = new StreamReader (strm);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine (e.Message);
Console.WriteLine ("Cannot open " + args[0]);
return;
}
while (reader.Peek() >= 0)
{
string text = reader.ReadLine ();
Console.WriteLine (text);
}
reader.Close ();
strm.Close ();
}
}
}
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