Reads the next character from the current stream and advances the current position of the stream in accordance with the Encoding used and the specific character being read from the stream.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Public Overridable Function ReadChar As Char
public virtual char ReadChar()
public: virtual wchar_t ReadChar()
abstract ReadChar : unit -> char override ReadChar : unit -> char
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| EndOfStreamException |
The end of the stream is reached. |
| ObjectDisposedException |
The stream is closed. |
| IOException |
An I/O error occurs. |
| ArgumentException |
A surrogate character was read. |
If the ReadChar method attempts to read a surrogate character in the stream an exception will be raised and the position in the stream will advance. The position is restored to the original location before ReadChar was called if the stream is seekable; however, if the stream is unseekable, the position will not be corrected. If surrogate characters can be expected in the stream, use the ReadChars method instead.
Because of data formatting conflicts, using this method with the following encodings is not recommended:
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UTF-7
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ISO-2022-JP
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ISCII
For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.
The following code example shows how to read and write data using memory as a backing store.
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) = binReader.ReadChar() 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] = binReader.ReadChar(); } 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 ] = binReader->ReadChar(); } Console::WriteLine( memoryData ); }
.NET Framework
Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0.NET Framework Client Profile
Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1Portable Class Library
Supported in: Portable Class LibraryWindows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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