StringReader.ReadLine Method
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Reads a line from the underlying string.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Return Value
Type: System.StringThe next line from the underlying string, or Nothing if the end of the underlying string is reached.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ObjectDisposedException | The current reader is closed. |
| OutOfMemoryException | There is insufficient memory to allocate a buffer for the returned string. |
This method overrides the TextReader.ReadLine method.
A line is defined as a sequence of characters followed by a line feed ("\n"), a carriage return ("\r"), or a carriage return immediately followed by a line feed ("\r\n"). The resulting string does not contain the terminating carriage return and/or line feed. The returned value is Nothing if the end of the underlying string has been reached.
If the current method throws an OutOfMemoryException, the reader's position in the underlying string is advanced by the number of characters the method was able to read, and the characters already read into the internal ReadLine buffer are discarded. Since the position of the reader in the string cannot be changed, the characters already read are unrecoverable, and can be accessed only by reinitializing the StringReader. To avoid such a situation and produce robust code you should use the Read method and store the read characters in a preallocated buffer.