FileHelperEngine.ReadFile Method (String)

Read a file and return an array of the contained records.

Parameters

fileName

The file path to be read.

Return Value

An array of the records in the file

Remarks

This method open, read and close the file (don't open or close the file before or after to call this method)

Example

This example show the basic use of the library with minimun code:

    using FileHelpers;
    
    // First declare the record class
        
    [Delimitedrecord("|")]
    public class SampleType
    {
        public string Field1;
        public int    Field2;
    }


    public void ReadExample()
    {
        FileHelperEngine engine = new FileHelperEngine(typeof(SampleType));

        SampleType[] records;    
        
        records = (SampleType[]) engine.ReadFile("source.txt");
        
        // Now "records" array contains all the records in the
        // sourcefile and can be acceded like this:
        
        int sum = records[0].Field2 + records[1].Field2;
    }


        

See Also

FileHelperEngine Class | FileHelpers Namespace | FileHelperEngine.ReadFile Overload List

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