C# 10.0 All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 3

Fishing the File Stream

IN THIS CHAPTER

Reading and writing data files

Using the Stream classes

Using the using statement

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.

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 ...