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

Posted by shawn khah
shawn khah
15,082 Points

i dont know what's wrong!

Challenge Task 2 of 2

Inside the using block, write the contents of the first line of the file to the Console. Bummer! Did you write the contents of the file to the Console? Restart Preview Get Help Recheck work CodeChallenge.cs

1 DirectoryInfo directory = new DirectoryInfo(System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()); 2 string fileName = Path.Combine(directory.FullName, "secretmessage.txt"); 3 using (var reader = new StreamReader(fileName)) 4 { 5 Console.WriteLine(fileName); 6 }

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

1 Answer

ALFRED MOHENU
ALFRED MOHENU
1,499 Points
ALFRED MOHENU
ALFRED MOHENU
1,499 Points

In the code above, you can't pass filename into the console. In the using statement, you received the string filename and passed it into the StreamReader and stored everything in the variable "reader". That is what you should pass into the console. so
Console.WriteLine(reader);