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

Brett Harrison
Brett Harrison
11,854 Points

what am I missing

what does it mean by first line of the file

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.SetIn("secretmessage.txt");
    Console.WriteLine(Console.Readline());

}
    Console.ReadLine();

2 Answers

Three things: 1) Pass reader into SetIn instead of "secretmessage.txt").

2) Readline should be ReadLine.

3) You don't need that second Console.ReadLine at the bottom.

Hope that helps!

Brian DuPont
Brian DuPont
30,448 Points

Also dont forget to delete the ";" after using (var reader = new StreamReader(fileName));