Reading text file and omitting line

Question

Is there any method of reading from a text file and omitting certain lines from the output into a text box?.

the text file will look like this

Name=Test Name 
Date=19/02/14
Message blurb spanning over several lines

The format will always be the same and the Name & Date will always be the 1st 2 rows and these are the rows that i want to omit and return the rest of the message blurb to a text box.

I know how to use the ReadAllLines function and StreamReader but not sure how to start coding it.

Any pointers or directions to some relevant online documentation?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can read file line by line and just skip lines with given beginnings:

string[] startsToOmit = new string[] { "Name=", "Date=" };

var result = File.ReadLines(path)
                 .Where(line => !startsToOmit.Any(start => line.StartsWith(start)));

and then you have an IEnumerable<string> as a result, you can use it for example by result.ToList().

Answer 2

Just read the stream line by line:

        using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(path)) 
        {
            Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadLine());
        }

Ignore the first two lines, and process the 3rd line however you need.