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C# C# Streams and Data Processing Reading Data Console I/O

am i not passing the 'filename'?

DirectoryInfo directory = new DirectoryInfo(System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()); var string fileName = Path.Combine(directory.FullName, "secretmessage.txt"); var file = new FileInfo(fileName); using (var reader = new StreamReader(file.FullName));

CodeChallenge.cs
DirectoryInfo directory = new DirectoryInfo(System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
var string fileName = Path.Combine(directory.FullName, "secretmessage.txt");
var file = new FileInfo(fileName);
using (var reader = new StreamReader(file.FullName))

1 Answer

Jeremy McLain
STAFF
Jeremy McLain
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Change var string fileName to var fileName.

var and string are both variable type specifiers. You can only use one or the other.