How to extract line between 2 lines in c#

Question

I have a text file with content as:

**************

Some text

**************

I want to read the text between **** in c#. How can I achieve the same in c sharp

Answer 1

You could use ReadAllText to get the contents of the file, then Replace and Trim to remove the unwanted contents of the file:

var result = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"c:\path\to\file.txt")
    .Replace("*", string.Empty) // remove the asterisks
    .Trim(); // trim whitespace and newlines

Answer 2

Here's how to read lines from a text file in general : What's the fastest way to read a text file line-by-line?

You can do this:

var lines = File.ReadAllLines(fileName);
int numLines = lines.Length;
for (int lineCounter = 1 /*discard the first*/;lineCounter<Length-1 /*discard the last*/;lineCounter++)

{
     Do whatever you want with lines[lineCounter]
}

Answer 3

If you know the **** count then this might help.

 string readContents; 
using (StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(path, Encoding.UTF8))
{ 
    readContents = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
    int start = readContents.IndexOf("*****") + 1; 
    int end = readContents.LastIndexOf("*****", start); 
    string result = readContents.Substring(start, end - start);

}