ReadLine!!

[Vai2000]

Hi All, back in VC++ we had flexibility of reading the line defined by our
own terminator...
get(buf,sizeof(buf),chTerminator);

Is there something similar in C#... My file is not terminated by new
lines...instead they are terminated by a special character..I want to avoid
doing a read byte by byte to the terminator, instead want to read the whole
line at once...but use the terminator of my choice instead of \n or \r\n
TIA

[Joep]

Why not read the whole file as one piece into mem and then split it?

[tony lock]

Why not use read to end and then split
ie
StreamReader istream = new StreamReader(filename);
string[] lines = istream.ReadToEnd().Split('c');

where 'c' is your delimiter, you then have an array of lines, which you can
process.

"Vai2000" wrote:

Hi All, back in VC++ we had flexibility of reading the line defined by our
own terminator...
get(buf,sizeof(buf),chTerminator);

Is there something similar in C#... My file is not terminated by new
lines...instead they are terminated by a special character..I want to avoid
doing a read byte by byte to the terminator, instead want to read the whole
line at once...but use the terminator of my choice instead of \n or \r\n
TIA

[Vai2000]

Can't do that FileSize > 250MB

"Joep" <St***@DeStoep.nl> wrote in message
news:41***********************@news.xs4all.nl...

Why not read the whole file as one piece into mem and then split it?

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Vai2000 <no****@microsoft.com> wrote:

Hi All, back in VC++ we had flexibility of reading the line defined by our
own terminator...
get(buf,sizeof(buf),chTerminator);

Is there something similar in C#... My file is not terminated by new
lines...instead they are terminated by a special character..I want to avoid
doing a read byte by byte to the terminator, instead want to read the whole
line at once...but use the terminator of my choice instead of \n or \r\n

Don't read a byte at a time, but read chunks at a time, still using
StreamReader, but reading (say) 8192 characters at a time. If you don't
find your delimiter, append it to a StringBuilder. If you do, process
that chunk.

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too

[Vai2000]

Thanks u all, I guess my question was addressing a different point. I know
how to do the suggestions.

If u guys know the specific answer..please feel free.

TIA

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" <sk***@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:MP************************@msnews.microsoft.c om...

Vai2000 <no****@microsoft.com> wrote:

Hi All, back in VC++ we had flexibility of reading the line defined by our own terminator...
get(buf,sizeof(buf),chTerminator);

Is there something similar in C#... My file is not terminated by new
lines...instead they are terminated by a special character..I want to avoid doing a read byte by byte to the terminator, instead want to read the whole line at once...but use the terminator of my choice instead of \n or \r\n

Don't read a byte at a time, but read chunks at a time, still using
StreamReader, but reading (say) 8192 characters at a time. If you don't
find your delimiter, append it to a StringBuilder. If you do, process
that chunk.

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too