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StreamReader.CurrentEncoding Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets the current character encoding that the current StreamReader object is using.

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

abstract CurrentEncoding : Encoding with get 
override CurrentEncoding : Encoding with get

Property Value

Type: System.Text.Encoding
The current character encoding used by the current reader. The value can be different after the first call to any Read method of StreamReader, since encoding autodetection is not done until the first call to a Read method.

Remarks

For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.

Examples

The following code example gets the encoding of the specified StreamReader object.

C++

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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

StreamReader Class

System.IO Namespace

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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