Help with a StreamWriter Class

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I need to open existing text file , find specific place and put a text into this location , How i run a search into StreamWriter and putting text in it ??

bilnaad · Answer

You could use the StreamWriter like Mykonian said and read the file in line by line. For each line you could use the Split() method that every string variable carries with them. With Split() you could fragmentate the line of text into a string array. Maybe Split by every html tag or something. This way you can easely find a way to find what you're looking for.

semkras · Answer

Ok i will check it . In 2 words: i need to parse simple html file add and remove text in it by finding my "bookmarks" in it .

Mykonine · Answer

Instead of using a StreamWriter, you might want to use a FileStream, which allows both reading and writing.

semkras · Answer

Simon:Thanks u helped a lot nobrainer:This can be a good idea .I will check it .

bilnaad · Answer

I don't think it's possible with only using a StreamWriter object. Why don't you just rebuild the file from scratch?

shimtanny · Answer

Hi I try to help, but i reconized, this is not an easy job to do... Inserting a string at a specified position will working with the following code: [STAThread] static void Main(string[] args) { FileInfo file = new FileInfo(@"..\..\TextFile1.txt"); Insert(file, 100, Encoding.Default.GetBytes("?")); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press enter to exit."); Console.ReadLine(); } private static void Insert(FileInfo file, int position, byte[] bytesOfInsertion) { if (file.Exists) { FileStream strm = file.Open(FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None); try { if (position <= strm.Length) { // First part. byte[] bufferFirstPart = new byte[position]; strm.Read(bufferFirstPart, 0, position); // Second part. byte[] bufferSecondPart = new byte[strm.Length - position]; strm.Read(bufferSecondPart, 0, Convert.ToInt32(strm.Length - position)); // Create the total buffer and fill it. byte[] bufferOfTotal = new byte[strm.Length + bytesOfInsertion.Length]; bufferFirstPart.CopyTo(bufferOfTotal, 0); bytesOfInsertion.CopyTo(bufferOfTotal, position); bufferSecondPart.CopyTo(bufferOfTotal, position + bytesOfInsertion.Length); // Write the total buffer to the stream. strm.Position = 0; strm.SetLength(strm.Length + bytesOfInsertion.Length); strm.Write(bufferOfTotal, 0, Convert.ToInt32(strm.Length)); } else { throw new Exception("Position has to be in file."); } } finally { strm.Close(); } } else { throw new FileNotFoundException("Specified File not foudn.", file.FullName); } } Next part would be to find the position. Simon

Help with a StreamWriter Class

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