TextReader::Read Method ()

.NET Framework (current version)
 

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

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

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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.

Exception Condition
ObjectDisposedException

The TextReader is closed.

IOException

An I/O error occurs.

The TextReader class is an abstract class. Therefore, you do not instantiate it in your code. For an example of using the Read method, see the StreamReader::Read method.

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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