Read()

Reads the next character from the input string and advances the character position by one character.

Syntax

public override int Read ()

The next character from the underlying string, or -1 if no more characters are available.

Type Reason
ObjectDisposedException The current reader is closed.

Type	Reason
ObjectDisposedException	The current reader is closed.

This method overrides the TextReader.Read method.

The following table lists examples of other typical or related I/O tasks.


Create a text file.	[<topic://cpconwritingtexttofile>]
Write to a text file.	[<topic://cpconwritingtexttofile>]
Read from a text file.	[<topic://cpconreadingtextfromfile>]
Append text to a file.	[<topic://cpconopeningappendingtologfile>] File.AppendText(string) FileInfo.AppendText
Get the size of a file.	FileInfo.Length
Get the attributes of a file.	File.GetAttributes(string)
Set the attributes of a file.	File.SetAttributes(string, FileAttributes)
Determine if a file exists.	File.Exists(string)
Read from a binary file.	[<topic://cpconReadingWritingToNewlyCreatedDataFile>]
Write to a binary file.	[<topic://cpconReadingWritingToNewlyCreatedDataFile>]

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0