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C# TextWriter



C# provides us the TextWriter abstract writer class which allows us to write a sequential series of characters to a stream. The TextWriter abstract class is implemented by the StreamWriter and the StringWriter class.




Some commonly used write methods of TextWriter


Methods Description
void Write(int value)
This method writes a signed int value to the stream.

void Write(uint s)
This method writes an unsigned int value to the stream.

void Write(Single f)
This method writes a float to the stream.

void Write(double d)
This method writes a double to the stream.

void Write(long l)
This method writes a long to the stream.

void Write(String str)
This method writes a String to the stream.

void Write(char ch)
This method writes a character value to the stream.

void Write(char[] array)
This method writes a character array to the stream. If the array is null, then nothing is written to the output stream.

void WriteLine(int value)
This method writes a signed int value to the stream.

void WriteLine(uint s)
This method writes an unsigned int value to the stream.

void WriteLine(Single f)
This method writes a float to the stream.

void WriteLine(double d)
This method writes a double to the stream.

void WriteLine(long l)
This method writes a long to the stream.

void WriteLine(String str)
This method writes a String to the stream.

void WriteLine(char ch)
This method writes a character value to the stream.

void WriteLine(char[] array)
This method writes a character array to the stream. If the array is null, then nothing is written to the output stream.

void WriteLine(String str)
This method writes a String to the stream.

void Flush()
This method clears the buffer for the current writer stream by writing any buffered data to the stream.

void Close()
This method closes this stream and also frees any resources connected with this stream.






In this example, we are going to use an implementation of the TextWriter class and use it to write a sequence of int, character, float, double, long and a String to a file by using the various overloaded versions of Write() method.

//C# Example of TextWriter


using System;
using System.IO;

class A
{
public static void Main(String[] ar)
{
	try
	{
		//Creating variables with primitives values
		int i = -10;
		uint ui = 9;
		char ch = 'C';
		float f = 89.9f;
		double d = 875.888;
		long l = 10000000000;
			
		//Creating a String object
		String str = "Keep smiling and think positive.";
	

		//Calling the CreateText() method of the File class to create a new file, and
		//it returns an object of a type
		//Which has implemented the TextWriter abstract class.
		TextWriter tr = File.CreateText("D:\\MyFile10.txt");

		Console.WriteLine("Using the TextWriter to write to a  file");

		//writing an int 
		tr.Write(i);

		//writing an uint 
		tr.Write(ui);

		//writing a char
		tr.Write(ch);


		//writing a float 
		tr.Write(f);

		//writing a double
		tr.Write(d);

		//writing a long
		tr.Write(l);

		//writing a String 
		tr.Write(str);
		
		
		Console.WriteLine("Data written successfully");
	
	
		//Calling the Flush() method to flush the buffered data to the file
		tr.Flush();

		//Closing the stream i.e. BinaryWriter stream
		tr.Close();
	}
	catch(IOException e)
	{
		Console.WriteLine(e);
	}
}
}


Output is -:


Using the TextWriter to write to a  file
Data written successfully


The program creates a file(MyFile10.txt) and writes its contents, which are shown below contents -:

-109C89.9875.88810000000000Keep smiling and think positive.

As you can see, the characters are written to the file by using the implementation of TextWriter class i.e. the implementation of TextWriter which is returned by calling the CreateText() method of the File class.


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  • Another example of TextWriter.


  • In this example, we are going to use an implementation of the TextWriter class and use it to write a sequence of int, character, float, double, long and a String to a file, by using the various overloaded versions of the WriteLine() method provided by the implementation of TextWriter class.

    //C# Example of TextWriter
    
    
    using System;
    using System.IO;
    
    class A
    {
    public static void Main(String[] ar)
    {
    	try
    	{
    		//Creating variables with primitives values
    		int i = -10;
    		uint ui = 9;
    		char ch = 'C';
    		float f = 89.9f;
    		double d = 875.888;
    		long l = 10000000000;
    			
    		//Creating a String object
    		String str = "Keep smiling and think positive.";
    	
    
    		//Calling the CreateText() method of the File class to create a new file and
    		//it returns an object of a type
    		//Which has implemented the TextWriter abstract class.
    		TextWriter tr = File.CreateText("D:\\MyFile11.txt");
    
    		Console.WriteLine("Using the TextWriter to write to a  file");
    
    		//writing an int 
    		tr.WriteLine(i);
    
    		//writing an uint 
    		tr.WriteLine(ui);
    
    		//writing a char
    		tr.WriteLine(ch);
    
    
    		//writing a float 
    		tr.WriteLine(f);
    
    		//writing a double
    		tr.WriteLine(d);
    
    		//writing a long
    		tr.WriteLine(l);
    
    		//writing a String 
    		tr.WriteLine(str);
    		
    		
    		Console.WriteLine("Data written successfully");
    	
    	
    		//Calling the Flush() method to flush the buffered data to the file
    		tr.Flush();
    
    		//Closing the stream i.e. BinaryWriter stream
    		tr.Close();
    	}
    	catch(IOException e)
    	{
    		Console.WriteLine(e);
    	}
    }
    }
    


    Output is -:


    Using the TextWriter to write to a  file
    Data written successfully


    The program creates a fileMyFile11.txt and writes its contents by using the versions of WriteLine method of TextWriter class. The contents of the file are shown below contents -:

    -109C89.9875.88810000000000Keep smiling and think positive.

    As you can see, the characters are written to the file using the implementation of TextWriter class i.e. the implementation of TextWriter returned by calling the CreateText() method of the File class.




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