Re: read text file

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its breaking on the very first line in the text file do to the line is only
20 characters long and I need to look for the item at position 31.

I get the following error "input string is in the incorrect format" and this
is do to nothing being there.
"Bill Butler" <Bi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> here is what i have
>>
>> StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("file.txt")
>> {
>> string line = sr.ReadLine();
>> while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) !=null)
>> {
>> //needs to start reading from line 2 not line 1
>> string name = line.SubString(31,10);
>>
>> }
>> sr.Close();
>> }
>>
>> I need to use SubString because I need to get only certain dataitems,
>> from the line, not all only 3.
>>
>>
> <OBSERVATION>
> Obviously this is not your actual code since SubString is not a method of
> string (Substring is)
> </OBSERVATION>
>
> First things first:
> What exception are you getting?
> What Line is throwing the exception?
> How Long is that line?
>
> I suspect that you have some line (after the first) that is shorter than
> 41 characters in length.
> You will get something that looks like this:
> System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index and length must refer to a
> location within the string
>
> Try replacing
>
> string name = line.SubString(31,10);
> with
> if (line.Length < 41)
> Console.WriteLine("SHORT:{0}",line);
>
> This should point you to the offending line.
>
> Good luck
> Bill
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