Thread: Problem with opening file and pathname

Hi All,

I'm new to the boards. I have a problem opening a file for reading. Here are snipets of code I am using.

Code:

 /// <summary> 
    /// Create a new reader for the given stream. 
    /// </summary> 
    /// <param name="s">The stream to read the CSV from.</param> 
    public CSVReader(Stream s) : this(s, null) { } 

    /// <summary> 
    /// Create a new reader for the given stream and encoding. 
    /// </summary> 
    /// <param name="s">The stream to read the CSV from.</param> 
    /// <param name="enc">The encoding used.</param> 
    public CSVReader(Stream s, Encoding enc) { 

      this.stream = s; 
      if (!s.CanRead) { 
        throw new CSVReaderException("Could not read the given CSV stream!"); 
      } 
      reader = (enc != null) ? new StreamReader(s, enc) : new StreamReader(s); 
    } 

    /// <summary> 
    /// Creates a new reader for the given text file path. 
    /// </summary> 
    /// <param name="filename">The name of the file to be read.</param> 
    public CSVReader(string filename) : this(filename, null) { } 

    /// <summary> 
    /// Creates a new reader for the given text file path and encoding. 
    /// </summary> 
    /// <param name="filename">The name of the file to be read.</param> 
    /// <param name="enc">The encoding used.</param> 
    public CSVReader(string filename, Encoding enc) 
      : this(new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open), enc) { }

Here is where I am trying to open the file:

Code:

using ( CSVReader csv = new CSVReader(@"C:\Documents and Settings\testfile1.csv") )

Now, I want to be able to change the pathname so that my program can process multiple files (using a for loop).

ie:
"C:\Documents and Settings\testfile1.csv"
"C:\Documents and Settings\testfile2.csv"
"C:\Documents and Settings\testfile3.csv"
...


I tried loading the path into a string variable and using String.Concat( , ) to create the full path. However, I get errors from the '\' within the strings.

Does anyone know anyother way to accomplish what I am trying to do?

Thanks,
Steve

Look at the MSDN docs on System.IO.Path, specifically System.IO.Path.Combine(string, string)

Don't reinvent the wheel or brute force things when there are already framework methods to do the work for you.

-Casey