Can C# directly read/write bytes from/to file to short array?

Question

I want to read short/float elements from a binary file. Can I directly read them into a short/float array with FileStream or BinaryReader? I don't want to read short/float one by one. I also need to do writing. Thanks for help. Bin

jcity444 · Answer

You can use the BinaryFormatter class to serialize collections. This would mean your array would be an ArrayList of shorts or floats. (I think you need to add the [serializable] attribute to the beginning of your class though(. Below is an example: // Reading public static void Read(MyClass c) { // check to see if there is a file to read if (File.Exists(sStorage)) { // create a binary formatter to read the class members BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter(); FileStream fs = new FileStream(sStorage FileMode.Open FileAccess.Read); // read the array into the ArrayList c.MyArray = (ArrayList)bf.Deserialize(fs); fs.Close(); } } // Writing BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter(); FileStream fs = new FileStream(sStorage FileMode.Create FileAccess.Write); // write out the collection in the ArrayList bf.Serialize(fs MyArray); fs.Close(); -Mike G.