Write/Read int, float, char array and bool to a binary file using BinaryWriter : BinaryWriter « File Directory Stream « C# / CSharp Tutorial






using System;
using System.IO;

public class MainClass
{
    public static int Main(string[] args)
    {
    Console.WriteLine("***** Creating a file and writing binary data *****");
    FileStream myFStream = new FileStream("temp.dat", FileMode.OpenOrCreate,FileAccess.ReadWrite);
    
    BinaryWriter binWrit = new BinaryWriter(myFStream);
    binWrit.Write("Hello as binary info...");
    
    int myInt = 9;
    float myFloat = 9.8F;
    bool myBool = false;
    char[] myCharArray = {'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'};
    
    binWrit.Write(myInt);
    binWrit.Write(myFloat);
    binWrit.Write(myBool);
    binWrit.Write(myCharArray);
      
      binWrit.BaseStream.Position = 0;

    Console.WriteLine("Reading binary data...");
    BinaryReader binRead = new BinaryReader(myFStream);
    int temp = 0;
    while(binRead.PeekChar() != -1)
    {
      Console.Write(binRead.ReadByte());  
      temp = temp + 1;
      if(temp ==  5)
      {
        temp = 0;
        Console.WriteLine();
      }
    }

    binWrit.Close();
    binRead.Close();
    myFStream.Close();

        return 0;
    }
}
***** Creating a file and writing binary data *****
Reading binary data...
2372101108108
111329711532
9810511097114
12132105110102
1114646469
000205204
2865072101
108108111








15.27.BinaryWriter
15.27.1.Commonly Used Output Methods Defined by BinaryWriter
15.27.2.Write and read back binary data
15.27.3.Write decimal, strings and char to a file using the BinaryWriter
15.27.4.Move internal position for a BinaryWriter
15.27.5.Write/Read int, float, char array and bool to a binary file using BinaryWriter
15.27.6.Use BinaryWriter to save data in binary format
15.27.7.Binary Writer Reader