Question

I have 2 double quotes that need to be replaced by a single double quote.

I am using this method:

private static void ReplaceTextInFile(string originalFile, string outputFile, string searchTerm, string replaceTerm)
{
    string tempLineValue;
    using (FileStream inputStream = File.OpenRead(originalFile))
    {
        using (StreamReader inputReader = new StreamReader(inputStream))
        {
            using (StreamWriter outputWriter = File.AppendText(outputFile))
            {
                while (null != (tempLineValue = inputReader.ReadLine()))
                {
                    outputWriter.WriteLine(tempLineValue.Replace(searchTerm, replaceTerm));
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

and calling it this way

ReplaceTextInFile(file, file + "new", (char)34 + (char)34, (char)34);

the error i am getting is

Error   4   Argument '3': cannot convert from 'int' to 'string' 

and  Error  5   Argument '4': cannot convert from 'char' to 'string'    

what am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

I’d use ReplaceTextInFile(file, file + "new", "\"\"", "\"");