Searching for a string in text file and storing the perticular line that matches the string

Question

Hi !!!!!

i need to search for a string in a text file and at the same time i want store the perticular line containing search text into a string variable..

for eg..
i've line

1 abc technician
2 bbb new

if i search for 2 then it should go the line('2 bbb new ') and store entire line in a variable
How can i achieve this ????

Manikavelu Velayutham · Answer

Hope this below code helps you. using System; using System.IO; namespace CSharpCorner { class Program { static void Main( string[] args ) { string filePath = @c:	emp	est.txt; string line; if (File.Exists( filePath )) { StreamReader file = null; try { file = new StreamReader( filePath ); while ((line = file.ReadLine()) != null) { if (line.Contains(2)) { //do your matching code here } } } finally { if (file != null) file.Close(); } } Console.ReadLine(); } } }