C# StreamReader read value of type

Asked Apr 08 '15 at 15:47

Active Apr 08 '15 at 15:48

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I know when using a StreamReader I am able to use ReadLine() to return the whole line as a string, or even use Read() to return x amount of characters. However is there a way to read the next value of type?

In C++ you can do something like:

float x,y,z;
fileReader >> x >> y >> z;

To pipe the next three floating point values from the file stream into the variables.

I was just wondering if C# had a similar method to do this as reading a string and then decomposing it makes for un-necessary messy code.

edited Apr 08 '15 at 15:48

asked Apr 08 '15 at 15:47

Halfpint

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look up the `seek` method or if you want to get all the values into a string[] use the `File.ReadAllText` method then you can do all the forward seeking you need – MethodMan Apr 08 '15 at 15:48
@MethodMan thanks, I'll head over to MS docs now - It's not part of the `StreamReader` class is it? – Halfpint Apr 08 '15 at 15:49
@JoeyCiechanowicz thanks for pointing that out, I had searched but didn't stumble on anything. – Halfpint Apr 08 '15 at 15:50
why not do a msdn search yourself to findout.. :) – MethodMan Apr 08 '15 at 15:50

C# StreamReader read value of type

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