How to read a text file in C#?

This code snippet shows how to read a text file in C#. You must change the path in StreamReader below to your correct file. 

Simply create a console application and copy and paste this code below. 

using System;
using System.IO;

class ReadTextFileSample
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        try 
        {
            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(@"C:\MyTextFile.txt")) 
            {
                String line;
            
                while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null) 
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(line);
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e) 
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e.Message);

        }
    }
}