Application #73. Read From and Write To a Text File
This topic describes some of the functionality provided by classes in the System.IO namespace for working with text files. The sample application examines various ways of reading text data and saving changes back to the file.
Note
See “Application #55: Use the File System” in Chapter 7 for information on how to retrieve file-system information about files and directories.
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New Concepts
The System.IO namespace contains many types for working with text files such as the File, StreamReader, and StreamWriter classes.
Using the File Class
The System.IO.File class provides a number of shared methods for working with both binary and text ...
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