how to write back into a text file with skipping the first 2 lines

[theazza]

your a legend, but can you also help me with this

how to write back into a text file with skipping the first 2 lines

 

[jmcilhinney]

You basically need to read the data in and then write it back out again. Open a StreamReader, read the first two lines, close the StreamReader, open a StreamWriter, write out the first two lines and then write out the rest of the new content.

 

[theazza]

code

can you please give an example code for that

that would be very appreciated

 

[jmcilhinney]

There are lots of examples of using StreamReaders and StreamWriters already out there. How about you have a go at doing it for yourself and then post back here with what you tried if it doesn't work?

 

[theazza]

how do u also read a text file and save the read text to a variable so it can be called later when u actually want to write it

and ur advice worked
im such a newbie

 

[jmcilhinney]

If you want the entire contents of a file then you can call File.ReadAllText. If you want just a single line you can create a StreamReader and call ReadLine. In both cases, a String is returned, so you can assign it to a String variable.

 

[theazza]

thanks for the above advice working wonders!!!