C# Sharp Exercises: Read the first line from a file

C# Sharp File Handling: Exercise-11 with Solution

Write a program in C# Sharp to read the first line from a file.

Sample Solution:-

C# Sharp Code:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

class filexercise11
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        string fileName = @"mytest.txt"; 

        try
        {
            // Delete the file if it exists.
            if (File.Exists(fileName))
            {
                File.Delete(fileName);
            }
	        Console.Write("\n\n Read the first line from a file  :\n");
		    Console.Write("---------------------------------------\n");             
            // Create the file.
            using (StreamWriter fileStr = File.CreateText(fileName)) 
            {
                fileStr.WriteLine(" test line 1");
                fileStr.WriteLine(" test line 2");
                fileStr.WriteLine(" Test line 3");
            }	
            using (StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(fileName))
            {
                string s = "";
				Console.WriteLine(" Here is the content of the file mytest.txt : ");
                while ((s = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(s);
                }
                Console.WriteLine("");
            }

            Console.Write("\n The content of the first line of the file is :\n");
			if (File.Exists(fileName))
				{
				string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines(fileName);
				Console.Write(lines[0]);
				}        
            Console.WriteLine(); 
        }
        catch (Exception MyExcep)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(MyExcep.ToString());
        }
    }
}

Sample Output:

Read the first line from a file  :                                                                           
---------------------------------------                                                                       
 Here is the content of the file mytest.txt :                                                                 
 test line 1                                                                                                  
 test line 2                                                                                                  
 Test line 3                                                                                                  
   
 The content of the first line of the file is :                                                               
 test line 1 
 

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