View source for Reading an writing test files in csharp

'''Writing to a Text File'''<br>
Listing 1: Writing Text Data to a File: TextFileWriter.cs<br>
<source lang="csharp">
using System;
using System.IO;

namespace csharp_station.howto
{
    class TextFileWriter
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // create a writer and open the file
            TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter("date.txt");

            // write a line of text to the file
            tw.WriteLine(DateTime.Now);

            // close the stream
            tw.Close();
        }
    }
}
</source>


'''Reading From a Text File'''

Listing 2 shows how to read from a text file:<br>
Listing 2: Reading Text Data from a File: TextFileReader.cs<br>
<source lang="csharp">
using System;
using System.IO;

namespace csharp_station.howto
{
    class TextFileReader
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // create reader & open file
            Textreader tr = new StreamReader("date.txt");

            // read a line of text
            Console.WriteLine(tr.ReadLine());

            // close the stream
            tr.Close();
        }
    }
}
</source>