RAW ASCII file reader

[bponce23]

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

[stanav]

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

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

[Jenner]

Removed, stanav's example is more complete.

[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?

[bponce23]

Removed, stanav's example is more complete.

would you mind posting it

[Jenner]

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

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

As I said, his example is much more complete.

[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?

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

[stanav]

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.

[Jenner]

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