c# read file using code example

Example 1: c sharp how to read a text file

// To save the text as one string use 'ReadAllText()'
string text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"C:\filepath\file.txt");
// To save each line seperately in an array use 'ReadAllLines()'
string[] lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(@"C:\filepath\file.txt");

Example 2: c# read file stream

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

namespace StreamReaderReadToEnd
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var path = @"C:\Users\Jano\Documents\thermopylae.txt";

            using var fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
            using var sr = new StreamReader(fs, Encoding.UTF8);
            
            string content = sr.ReadToEnd();

            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
    }
}

Example 3: how to read a text file C#

string[] text = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(@"C:\users\username\filepath\file.txt");