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C# Files

Working With Files

The File class from the System.IO namespace, allows us to work with files:

Example

using System.IO;  // include the System.IO namespace

            File.SomeFileMethod();  // use the file class with methods

The file class has many useful ways to create and get information about files. For example:

Method	Description
`AppendText()`	Appends text at the end of an existing file
`Copy()`	Copies a file
`Create()`	Creates or overwrites a file
`Delete()`	Deletes a file
`Exists()`	Tests whether the file exists
`ReadAllText()`	Reads the contents of a file
`Replace()`	Replaces the contents of a file with the contents of another file
`WriteAllText()`	Creates a new file and writes the contents to it. If the file already exists, it will be overwritten.

Write To a File and Read It

In the following example, we use the WritAllText() method to create a file called "filename.txt" and write content to it. Then use the ReadAllText() method to read the contents of the file:

Example

using System.IO;  // include the System.IO namespace

            string writeText = "Hello World!";  // Create a text string
            File.WriteAllText("filename.txt", writeText);  // Create a file and write the content of writeText to it
            
            string readText = File.ReadAllText("filename.txt");  // Read the contents of the file
            Console.WriteLine(readText);  // Output the content

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