How to read a text file into a string variable

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I have a text file in the directory of my web application.
How can I read this text file into a string vaiable?

 

[John Timney \( MVP \)]

StreamReader SR;
string S;
SR=File.OpenText(filename);
S=SR.ReadLine();
while(S!=null) {
Console.WriteLine(S);
S=SR.ReadLine();
}
SR.Close();

 

[Daniel Fisher\(lennybacon\)]

public string ReadFromFile(string filename)
{
StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(filename);

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
string str = sr.ReadLine();
while( str != null )
{
sb.Append(str + "\n");
str = sr.ReadLine();
}

sr.Close();
return sb.ToString();
}


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Conversation: How to read a text file into a string variable
Subject: How to read a text file into a string variable

I have a text file in the directory of my web application.
How can I read this text file into a string vaiable?

 

[Hans Kesting]

public string ReadFromFile(string filename)

{
StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(filename);

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
string str = sr.ReadLine();
while( str != null )
{
sb.Append(str + "\n");
str = sr.ReadLine();
}

sr.Close();
return sb.ToString();
}

or use ReadToEnd() :

string str;
using (StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(filename))
{ str = sr.ReadToEnd(); }


Hans Kesting