Ok, got it now. You want to read a file you know is some encoding of text, without changing encodings -- possibly because you don't necessarily know what encoding you have?
Makes sense, but unless you always treat them as byte arrays, sooner or later you will need to change encodings or know the encoding you want before going to a string. If you are always treating them as byte arrays, I'd suggest that "lines" are meaningless. -----Original Message----- From: Unmoderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dave wanta Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] BinaryReader ReadLine() ?!? parsing text files that can change encodings. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Provencher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] BinaryReader ReadLine() ?!? > But, the point is, there may not be any "lines" to read. You may get lucky > and find a string that looks like an EOL or you may not and blow out > your buffers trying to read until you find one. > > Why not just read fixed length buffers instead of lines? Can you tell > us what you are trying to do? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Unmoderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dave wanta > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 10:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] BinaryReader ReadLine() ?!? > > 0x13 0x13, or 0x13, or 0x10. (Same as ReadLine() in StreamReader). > > Now, I realize that people say "BinaryReader is used for reading > binary files". However, There is a ReadChar() and ReadChars() method. > So, you can > build a ReadLine() method. I'm planning on doing just this, but will > need to > maintain my own internal char buffer. I could call ReadChar() and > just keep > checking for 0x13 and 0x10 (which I did as a quick proof of concept). > However, when doing this against a file, you end up accessing the file > for each char. > > I'm sure I'm not the only one who has needed to do this. Just looking > for any tips/pointers, before I re-invent the wheel. > > Thanks, > Dave > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philip Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:35 AM > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] BinaryReader ReadLine() ?!? > > > > What exactly constitutes a line in a binary file? > > > > --- dave wanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > Has anyone ever implemented a ReadLine() method for a BinaryReader? > > > I'm sure I'm not the only one implementing this, yet googling has > > > turned up > 0. > > > > > > Philip - http://blogs.xcskiwinn.org/panmanphil > > "There's a difference between righteous anger and just being crabby" > > - > Barbara > > > > =================================== > > This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com > > > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > > > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
