How can I test for the end of a file using a stream object? 1

[skhoury]

Hello all,

I have a simple loop built to read lines out of a text file...I have no way of testing if I've reached the end of hte file however. Here is the code:

StreamReader stream = new StreamReader(filename, true);
currentLine = stream.ReadLine(); // Get first line (headers)

headers = currentLine.Split('\t');

while (true)
{
currentLine = stream.ReadLine();
MessageBox.Show(currentLine);
values = currentLine.Split('\t');
}

doing it this way simply crashed out at the 'values = ' statement.

I didn't see any other methods to test for the end.

Any thoughts?

Many thanks!

Sam

 

[ralphtrent]

try this

StreamReader stream = new StreamReader(filename, true);
currentLine = stream.ReadLine(); // Get first line (headers)

headers = currentLine.Split('\t');

while stream.Peek() != -1
{
  currentLine = stream.ReadLine();
  MessageBox.Show(currentLine);
  values = currentLine.Split('\t');
}

 

[skhoury]

Perfect! Works like a charm.

Thanks!