Missing £ (pound) sign

[Anthony]

When using StreamReader/Writer to process an input text file to an output
text file the pound signs (£) simply disappear. Sample code:

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("input.txt");
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter("output.txt");
string Line;
char [] delimiter = {'*'};
while((Line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
string[] Fields;
Fields = Line.Split(delimiter);
foreach (string thisField in Fields)
{
sw.WriteLine(thisField);
}
sw.WriteLine("******************");
}
sr.Close();
sw.Close();

Any ideas folks? I'm pulling my hair out and have very little to spare!
--
Many thanks for any help
Anthony Ward

[Champika Nirosh]

Hold onnnnnnn..........

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("input.txt", System.Text.Encoding.UTF7);

Nirosh.

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When using StreamReader/Writer to process an input text file to an output
text file the pound signs (£) simply disappear. Sample code:

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("input.txt");
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter("output.txt");
string Line;
char [] delimiter = {'*'};
while((Line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
string[] Fields;
Fields = Line.Split(delimiter);
foreach (string thisField in Fields)
{
sw.WriteLine(thisField);
}
sw.WriteLine("******************");
}
sr.Close();
sw.Close();

Any ideas folks? I'm pulling my hair out and have very little to spare!
--
Many thanks for any help
Anthony Ward

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Champika Nirosh <te**@test.lk> wrote:

Hold onnnnnnn..........

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("input.txt", System.Text.Encoding.UTF7);

Almost certainly not. UTF7 is a pretty rarely used encoding, in my
experience.

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Anthony <An*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

When using StreamReader/Writer to process an input text file to an output
text file the pound signs (?) simply disappear. Sample code:

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("input.txt");
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter("output.txt");
string Line;
char [] delimiter = {'*'};
while((Line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
string[] Fields;
Fields = Line.Split(delimiter);
foreach (string thisField in Fields)
{
sw.WriteLine(thisField);
}
sw.WriteLine("******************");
}
sr.Close();
sw.Close();

Any ideas folks? I'm pulling my hair out and have very little to spare!

What encoding is the file in? It's probably in the default encoding for
the system, in which case, specifying Encoding.Default in the
constructor for the StreamReader (and StreamWriter) should fix the
problem.

Note that using statements would make your code more robust - currently
you're not closing the reader/writer if an exception is thrown.

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[Champika Nirosh]

mmm I guess you are correct..

but what is happening with ur mail client .. what encoding does it use...

I mean to convert pound to "=A3"
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Champika Nirosh <te**@test.lk> wrote:

Hold onnnnnnn..........

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("input.txt",

System.Text.Encoding.UTF7);
Almost certainly not. UTF7 is a pretty rarely used encoding, in my
experience.

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Champika Nirosh <te**@test.lk> wrote:

mmm I guess you are correct..

but what is happening with ur mail client .. what encoding does it use...

I mean to convert pound to "=A3"

Yes, mail clients use UTF-7 sometimes, but I think they're virtually
the only things that *do* use UTF-7.

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[Anthony]

Following your observations I convert the input text file toUnicode (simply
saving in notepad) and it all worked a dream - silly me of course, now I see
the light - so once again, many thanks, Anthony

"Anthony" wrote:

When using StreamReader/Writer to process an input text file to an output
text file the pound signs (£) simply disappear. Sample code:

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("input.txt");
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter("output.txt");
string Line;
char [] delimiter = {'*'};
while((Line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
string[] Fields;
Fields = Line.Split(delimiter);
foreach (string thisField in Fields)
{
sw.WriteLine(thisField);
}
sw.WriteLine("******************");
}
sr.Close();
sw.Close();

Any ideas folks? I'm pulling my hair out and have very little to spare!
--
Many thanks for any help
Anthony Ward