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C# 10.0 All-in-One For Dummies
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C# 10.0 All-in-One For Dummies

by John Paul Mueller
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
864 pages
19h 46m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 3

Fishing the File Stream

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Reading and writing data files

Bullet Using the Stream classes

Bullet Using the using statement

Bullet Dealing with input/output errors

Catching fish in a stream can prove to be quite a thrill to those who engage in fishing. Anglers often boast of the difficulty of getting that one special fish out of the stream and into a basket. Fishing the “file stream” with C# isn't quite so thrilling, but it’s one of those indispensable programming skills.

File access refers to the storage and retrieval of data on the disk. This chapter covers basic text-file input/output. Reading and writing data from databases are covered in Chapter 2 of this minibook, and reading and writing information to the Internet are covered in Chapter 4.

Remember You don’t have to type the source code for this chapter manually. In fact, using the downloadable source is a lot easier. You can find the source for this chapter in the \CSAIO4D2E\BK03\CH03 folder of the downloadable source. See the Introduction ...

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