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

Valentina Peric
Valentina Peric
10,651 Points
Posted by Valentina Peric
Valentina Peric
10,651 Points

write the contents of the first line of a file to the console

help

CodeChallenge.cs 
DirectoryInfo directory = new DirectoryInfo(System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
string fileName = Path.Combine(directory.FullName, "secretmessage.txt");

var file = new FileInfo(fileName);

if (file.Exists)
{
    using ( var reader = new StreamReader(fileName))
    {
            //Console.SetIn(reader); 
            //Console.WriteLine(Console.Contents(fileName));
        //Console.Contents(fileName);
        Console.WriteLine(Console.Contents(reader));

    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

System.Console has no Contents method.

But it looks like you had part of the right idea from the commented-out lines. One you select your streamreader using SetIn, you can then use ReadLine to get a line from it:

            Console.SetIn(reader); 
            Console.WriteLine(Console.ReadLine());