On Wed, 30 May 2007 15:41:40 +0200, Gaël Rosset <gael@tele2adsl.dk> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have the following reader function :
>
> public static string[] fileReadAllLines(string strFileName)
> {
> ArrayList content = new ArrayList();
>
> using (StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(strFileName))
> {
> string input;
> while ((input = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
> {
> content.Add(input);
> }
> sr.Close();
> }
>
> return toStringArray(content);
> }
>
> which also can be replaced with :
>
> public static string[] fileReadAllLines(string strFileName)
> {
> return File.ReadAllLines(strFileName);
> }
>
> Both those methods remove all special characters (é,è,ø,æ,...) from the
> stream, what to do to get them ?
>
> Thanks
>

Ga=EBl Rosset <gael@tele2adsl.dk> wrote:
> public static string[] fileReadAllLines(string strFileName)
> {
>=20
> ArrayList content =3D new ArrayList();
> using (FileStream fs =3D File.Open(strFileName,=20
> FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
> {
> using (StreamReader sr =3D new StreamReader(fs,=20
> Encoding.Default))
> {
> string input;
> while ((input =3D sr.ReadLine()) !=3D null)
> {
> content.Add(input);
> }
> }
> }
> return toStringArray(content);
> }

Morten Wennevik [C# MVP] wrote:
> On Wed, 30 May 2007 15:41:40 +0200, Gaël Rosset <gael@tele2adsl.dk> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have the following reader function :
>>
>> public static string[] fileReadAllLines(string strFileName)
>> {
>> ArrayList content = new ArrayList();
>>
>> using (StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(strFileName))
>> {
>> string input;
>> while ((input = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
>> {
>> content.Add(input);
>> }
>> sr.Close();
>> }
>>
>> return toStringArray(content);
>> }
>>
>> which also can be replaced with :
>>
>> public static string[] fileReadAllLines(string strFileName)
>> {
>> return File.ReadAllLines(strFileName);
>> }
>>
>> Both those methods remove all special characters (é,è,ø,æ,...) from the
>> stream, what to do to get them ?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> The StreamReader uses UTF-8 encoding if not told otherwise. In addition, File.OpenText is meant for UTF-8 encoded files.
> Try changing your code to something like
>
> using(FileStream fs = File.Open(strFileName, ...))
> {
> using(StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fs, Encoding.Default))
> {
> ...
> }
> }
>