Reads the next character without changing the state of the reader or the character source. Returns the next available character without actually reading it from the input stream.
(in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Function Peek As Integer
Dim instance As TextReader
Dim returnValue As Integer
returnValue = instance.Peek()
public virtual int Peek()
public:
virtual int Peek()
public function Peek() : int
Return Value
Type:
System..::.Int32An integer representing the next character to be read, or -1 if no more characters are available or the stream does not support seeking.
The Peek method returns an integer value in order to determine whether the end of the file, or another error has occurred. This allows a user to first check if the returned value is -1 before casting it to a Char type.
The current position of the TextReader is not changed by this operation. The returned value is -1 if no more characters are available. The default implementation returns -1.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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