BinaryReader.Read Method (System.IO)

Imports System
Imports System.IO

Public Class BinaryRW

    Shared Sub Main()

        Dim i As Integer = 0
        Dim invalidPathChars() As Char = Path.InvalidPathChars
        Dim memStream As new MemoryStream()
        Dim binWriter As New BinaryWriter(memStream)

        ' Write to memory.
        binWriter.Write("Invalid file path characters are: ")
        For i = 0 To invalidPathChars.Length - 1
            binWriter.Write(invalidPathChars(i))
        Next i

        ' Create the reader using the same MemoryStream 
        ' as used with the writer.
        Dim binReader As New BinaryReader(memStream)

        ' Set Position to the beginning of the stream.
        memStream.Position = 0

        ' Read the data from memory and write it to the console.
        Console.Write(binReader.ReadString())
        Dim memoryData( _
            CInt(memStream.Length - memStream.Position) - 1) As Char
        For i = 0 To memoryData.Length - 1
            memoryData(i) = Convert.ToChar(binReader.Read())
        Next i
        Console.WriteLine(memoryData)

	End Sub
End Class

using System;
using System.IO;

class BinaryRW
{
    static void Main()
    {
        int i = 0;
        char[] invalidPathChars = Path.InvalidPathChars;
        MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();
        BinaryWriter binWriter = new BinaryWriter(memStream);

        // Write to memory.
        binWriter.Write("Invalid file path characters are: ");
        for(i = 0; i < invalidPathChars.Length; i++)
        {
            binWriter.Write(invalidPathChars[i]);
        }

        // Create the reader using the same MemoryStream 
        // as used with the writer.
        BinaryReader binReader = new BinaryReader(memStream);

        // Set Position to the beginning of the stream.
        memStream.Position = 0;

        // Read the data from memory and write it to the console.
        Console.Write(binReader.ReadString());
        char[] memoryData = 
            new char[memStream.Length - memStream.Position];
        for(i = 0; i < memoryData.Length; i++)
        {
            memoryData[i] = Convert.ToChar(binReader.Read());
        }
        Console.WriteLine(memoryData);
    }
}

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
int main()
{
   int i;
   array<Char>^invalidPathChars = Path::InvalidPathChars;
   MemoryStream^ memStream = gcnew MemoryStream;
   BinaryWriter^ binWriter = gcnew BinaryWriter( memStream );

   // Write to memory.
   binWriter->Write( "Invalid file path characters are: " );
   for ( i = 0; i < invalidPathChars->Length; i++ )
   {
      binWriter->Write( invalidPathChars[ i ] );

   }

   // Create the reader using the same MemoryStream 
   // as used with the writer.
   BinaryReader^ binReader = gcnew BinaryReader( memStream );

   // Set Position to the beginning of the stream.
   binReader->BaseStream->Position = 0;

   // Read the data from memory and write it to the console.
   Console::Write( binReader->ReadString() );
   array<Char>^memoryData = gcnew array<Char>(memStream->Length - memStream->Position);
   for ( i = 0; i < memoryData->Length; i++ )
   {
      memoryData[ i ] = Convert::ToChar( binReader->Read() );

   }
   Console::WriteLine( memoryData );
}