Searching for a string in text file and storing the perticular line that matches the string

Hi !!!!!

i need to search for a string in a text file and at the same time i want store the perticular line containing search text into a string variable..

for eg..
i've line

1 abc technician
2 bbb new

if i search for 2 then it should go the line('2 bbb new ') and store entire line in a variable
How can i achieve this ????

Hope this below code helps you.
using System;
using System.IO;
namespace CSharpCorner
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main( string[] args )
        {
            string filePath = @"c:\temp\test.txt";
            string line;
            if (File.Exists( filePath ))
            {
                StreamReader file = null;
                try
                {
                    file = new StreamReader( filePath );
                    while ((line = file.ReadLine()) != null)
                    {
                        if (line.Contains("2"))
                        {
//do your matching code here
                        }
                    }
                }
                finally
                {
                    if (file != null)
                        file.Close();
                }
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

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Manikavelu Velayutham16y ago
Hope this below code helps you.
using System;
using System.IO;
namespace CSharpCorner
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main( string[] args )
        {
            string filePath = @"c:\temp\test.txt";
            string line;
            if (File.Exists( filePath ))
            {
                StreamReader file = null;
                try
                {
                    file = new StreamReader( filePath );
                    while ((line = file.ReadLine()) != null)
                    {
                        if (line.Contains("2"))
                        {
//do your matching code here
                        }
                    }
                }
                finally
                {
                    if (file != null)
                        file.Close();
                }
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}
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