RAW ASCII file reader

HI! looking for a simple example of opening and reading in a loop a raw ascii file 1 character at a time in vb.net

Use system.IO.streamreader class and call its Read method then convert the returned value to a char. Something like this:

Code:

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Using reader As New IO.StreamReader("file path here")
            Dim ch As Char
            While reader.Peek >= 0
                ch = Chr(reader.Read())
                'Do whatever you like with this char here
            End While
        End Using

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Removed, stanav's example is more complete. :)

i was seeing suggestions that included:

fileope() and Lineinput()

are these suggestions wrong or are they a different way of doing the same thing?

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Originally Posted by Jenner

Removed, stanav's example is more complete. :)

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would you mind posting it

I just did the two most essential lines from his example. He's actually looping through the output. I just did:

Code:

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Dim st As New IO.StreamReader("C:\MyASCIIFile.txt")
Convert.ToChar(st.Read())

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As I said, his example is much more complete.

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Originally Posted by bponce23

i was seeing suggestions that included:

fileope() and Lineinput()

are these suggestions wrong or are they a different way of doing the same thing?

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anyone care to comment on these two functions with regards on how to use them for reading an raw ascii file?

They are VB6 legacy functions and since you're writing in .net language now, you should use .net classes/methods. On the other hand, if you just want to know what those methods do, Google it and you'll be flooded with results.

Yea, those aren't used anymore. There are far better ways to read text files. :)