class ReadFromFile
{
  static void Main()
  {
    // The files used in this example are created in the topic
    // How to: Write to a Text File. You can change the path and
    // file name to substitute text files of your own.

    // Example #1
    // Read the file as one string.
    string text = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\Public\TestFolder\WriteText.txt");

    // Display the file contents to the console. Variable text is a string.
    System.Console.WriteLine("Contents of WriteText.txt = {0}", text);

    // Example #2
    // Read each line of the file into a string array. Each element
    // of the array is one line of the file.
    string[] lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(@"C:\Users\Public\TestFolder\WriteLines2.txt");

    // Display the file contents by using a foreach loop.
    System.Console.WriteLine("Contents of WriteLines2.txt = ");
    foreach (string line in lines)
    {
      // Use a tab to indent each line of the file.
      Console.WriteLine("\t" + line);
    }

    // Keep the console window open in debug mode.
    Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit.");
    System.Console.ReadKey();
  }
}

int counter = 0;
string line;

// Read the file and display it line by line.
System.IO.StreamReader file = 
  new System.IO.StreamReader(@"c:\test.txt");
while((line = file.ReadLine()) != null)
{
  System.Console.WriteLine (line);
  counter++;
}

file.Close();
System.Console.WriteLine("There were {0} lines.", counter);
// Suspend the screen.
System.Console.ReadLine();