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TextReader::Read Method

.NET Framework 4.5

Reads the next character from the text reader and advances the character position by one character.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
virtual int Read()

Return Value

Type: System::Int32
The next character from the text reader, or -1 if no more characters are available. The default implementation returns -1.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ObjectDisposedException	The TextReader is closed.
IOException	An I/O error occurs.

Remarks

The TextReader class is an abstract class. Therefore, you do instantiate it in your code. For an example of using the Read method, see the StreamReader::Read method.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Other Resources

File and Stream I/O

How to: Read Text from a File

How to: Write Text to a File

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