Read line in textfile

[Tim Bücker]

Hello.

Is there a way to read a specified line in a textfile?
Something like TextReader.ReadTextLine(4);

It seems very odd to use
reader.ReadLine();
reader.ReadLine();
reader.ReadLine();
string wishedLine = reader.ReadLine();

Is there a better way?
Greetings and thanks in advance,
Tim.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Tim Bücker <ti*************@web.de> wrote:

Is there a way to read a specified line in a textfile?
Something like TextReader.ReadTextLine(4);

It seems very odd to use
reader.ReadLine();
reader.ReadLine();
reader.ReadLine();
string wishedLine = reader.ReadLine();

Is there a better way?

Well, you could write:

void SkipLines (TextReader reader, int lines)
{
for (int i=0; i < lines; i++)
{
reader.ReadLine();
}
}

and then do:

SkipLines (reader, 3);
string line = reader.ReadLine();

There's no other way to do it.

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[Stefan Simek]

Or if you require random access to the lines, you should read the lines into
an ArrayList and then access them using an index.

ArrayList lines = new ArrayList();
string line;

while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null)
lines.Add(line);

string wishedLine = (string) lines[3];

HTH,
Stefan

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Tim Bücker <ti*************@web.de> wrote:

Is there a way to read a specified line in a textfile?
Something like TextReader.ReadTextLine(4);

It seems very odd to use
reader.ReadLine();
reader.ReadLine();
reader.ReadLine();
string wishedLine = reader.ReadLine();

Is there a better way?

Well, you could write:

void SkipLines (TextReader reader, int lines)
{
for (int i=0; i < lines; i++)
{
reader.ReadLine();
}
}

and then do:

SkipLines (reader, 3);
string line = reader.ReadLine();

There's no other way to do it.

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