BinaryReader.Read Method (Byte[], Int32, Int32)

BinaryReaderRead Method (Byte, Int32, Int32)

Reads the specified number of bytes from the stream, starting from a specified point in the byte array.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll) Version: 4.0.0.0

Syntax

public virtual int Read(
	byte[] buffer,
	int index,
	int count
)

Parameters

buffer: Type: SystemByte
The buffer to read data into.
index: Type: SystemInt32
The starting point in the buffer at which to begin reading into the buffer.
count: Type: SystemInt32
The number of bytes to read.

Return Value

Type: Int32
The number of bytes read into buffer. This might be less than the number of bytes requested if that many bytes are not available, or it might be zero if the end of the stream is reached.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The buffer length minus index is less than count. -or-The number of decoded characters to read is greater than count. This can happen if a Unicode decoder returns fallback characters or a surrogate pair.
ArgumentNullException	buffer is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	index or count is negative.
ObjectDisposedException	The stream is closed.
IOException	An I/O error occurs.

Reference

BinaryReader Class

Read Overload

System.IO Namespace