search for a string in a file

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  1. shah123

    shah123 New Member

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    How to search for a string in a file. As string might be somewhere in the middle of text file.
    Code:
    Console.WriteLine("Input a string ");
    String data = Console.ReadLine();
    sr = File.OpenText(@"C:\username.txt");
    
    String st = sr.ReadToEnd();
    ?????
    
    help please?

    thanks
     
  2. shabbir

    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    use st.Contains
     
  3. shah123

    shah123 New Member

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    Shabbir Brother you are the star. Thanks a million
     
  4. shah123

    shah123 New Member

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    One more question is

    "How to find a position of that string in a file"?

    Rgds,
     
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    I got the answer for position thanks anyway
     

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