StreamReader.Read() method

Question

Ive noticed something realy odd when i was working with this method i was reading from a file and read char by char.. StreamReader fileRoomsReader = new StreamReader(file.txt); Filedata[] loadedData = new Filedata[2]; string buffer =; char ch; string [] buffer2 = new string[5]; int line = 0tab = 0; while(line >>>>>>>>*/ ch = (char)fileRoomsReader.Read(); //The wierd part... tab = 5; } else { buffer += ch; } } //Create an object with loaded data.. loadedData[line] = new Filedata(buffer2[0]Int32.Parse(buffer2[1])buffer2[2]Int32.Parse(buffer2[3])); tab = 0; line += 1; } if i didnt add that line that is marked i noticed it stopped reading data for some reason.. now its fixed so its not a problem but if anyone just chould explain why this happens.. ?? because for me it seems like its reading 2 * ch to end a line..

alobiuc · Answer

Why don't you explain exactly what are you trying to do? It looks like you want to read 2 lines of text treating each line as a floating point number. Wouldn't it be easier to read line by line the file: StreamReader sr=new StreanReader(yourfile); string s=null; while ((s=sr.ReadLine())!=null) { //code to treat the individual lines } and inside the while loop to use methods such as String.Split String.Substring and if needed a for loop? Next the (sub)strings resulted can be converted to int (Int32) with Convert.ToInt32(string) (maybe in a try-catch block to handle numbers in improper format).