text file c# to string code example

Example 1: c# read all text from a file

using (StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(path_name, Encoding.UTF8))
{
  contents = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
}

Example 2: how to call last string from text file C#

If the file is not too large, just read the lines and pick the last:

string lastLine = File.ReadLines("pathToFile").LastOrDefault();