ascii char set

[dotnetchic]

I'm trying to parse a binary file to help me with some analysis...what
I'd like to do is take a byte of data and display its ascii char value
(37='%', 38='&', etc.).

private void ParseFile(strin g fileName)
{
byte data;

if (File.Exists(fi leName))
{
FileStream stream = new FileStream(file Name, FileMode.Open);
BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(st ream, Encoding.ASCII) ;

data = br.ReadByte();
// display data
}
}

How can I achieve this?

TIA,
SLC

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

dotnetchic wrote:

I'm trying to parse a binary file to help me with some analysis...what
I'd like to do is take a byte of data and display its ascii char value
(37='%', 38='&', etc.).

private void ParseFile(strin g fileName)
{
byte data;

if (File.Exists(fi leName))
{
FileStream stream = new FileStream(file Name, FileMode.Open);
BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(st ream, Encoding.ASCII) ;

data = br.ReadByte();
// display data
}
}

How can I achieve this?

Just cast to char. Or to convert multiple bytes at a time, use
Encoding.ASCII. GetString().
Or as you've got a BinaryReader, just use BinaryReader.Re adChars().

Jon

[dotnetchic]

Many thanks, Jon! I'm new to binary reader...knew there had to be a
way.

Cheers!