Question

I am trying to figure out how to split a file by the number of lines in each file. THe files are csv and I can’t do it by bytes. I need to do it by lines. 20k seems to be a good number per file. What is the best way to read a stream at a given position? Stream.BaseStream.Position? So if I read the first 20k lines i would start the position at 39,999? How do I know I am almost at the end of a files? Thanks all

Answer 1

using (System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader("path"))
{
    int fileNumber = 0;

    while (!sr.EndOfStream)
    {
        int count = 0;

        using (System.IO.StreamWriter sw = new System.IO.StreamWriter("other path" + ++fileNumber))
        {
            sw.AutoFlush = true;

            while (!sr.EndOfStream && ++count < 20000)
            {
                sw.WriteLine(sr.ReadLine());
            }
        }
    }
}