Detect EOF - How??

[Roger Maynard]

Hello List,

I have a FileStream which I then read with a BinaryReader.

Is there a better way of detecting EOF other than letting it throw an
exception??

Roger

[Mattias Sjögren]

Roger,

Is there a better way of detecting EOF other than letting it throw an
exception??

You can do something like

while ( binReader.PeekChar() != -1 ) {
...
}

Mattias

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[Roger Maynard]

Thanks Mattias

Works a treat !!

Roger

-----Original Message-----
From: Mattias Sjögren [mailto:ma********************@mvps.org]
Posted At: 02 August 2004 16:47
Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp
Conversation: Detect EOF - How??
Subject: Re: Detect EOF - How??

Roger,

Is there a better way of detecting EOF other than letting it throw an
exception??

You can do something like

while ( binReader.PeekChar() != -1 ) {
...
}

Mattias

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