/* C# Programming Tips & Techniques by Charles Wright, Kris Jamsa Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (December 28, 2001) ISBN: 0072193794 */ // StrmCnvt.cs -- Uses StreamReader and StreamWriter object using different // encoding to translate a file from one to another // // Compile this program with the following command line: // C:>csc StrmCnvt.cs using System; using System.IO; using System.Text; namespace nsStreams { public class StrmCnvt { static public void Main () { FileStream istrm; FileStream ostrm; StreamReader reader; StreamWriter writer; try { // Open the input file istrm = new FileStream ("./StrmRdr.txt", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read); // Link a stream reader to the stream reader = new StreamReader (istrm, Encoding.ASCII); } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine (e.Message); Console.WriteLine ("Cannot open ./StrmRdr.txt"); return; } try { // Open the output file ostrm = new FileStream ("./StrmRdr.Uni", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write); // Link a stream reader to the stream writer = new StreamWriter (ostrm, Encoding.Unicode); } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine (e.Message); Console.WriteLine ("Cannot open ./StrmRdr.Uni"); return; } ostrm.SetLength (0); while (reader.Peek () >= 0) { string str = reader.ReadLine (); writer.WriteLine (str); } reader.Close (); istrm.Close (); writer.Close (); ostrm.Close (); } } } //File: StrmRdr.txt /* I Hear America Singing I hear American Mouth-Songs, the varied carols I hear; Those of mechanics -- each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong; The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work; The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat -- the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck; The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench -- the hatter singing as he stands; The wood-cutter's song -- the ploughboy's, on his way in the morning, or at the noon intermission, or at sundown; The delicious singing of the mother -- or of the young wife at work -- or of the girl sewing or washing -- Each singing what belongs to her, and to none else; The day what belongs to the day -- At night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly; Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs. -- Walt Whitman, 1860 */