how to use ReadLine() (from the prompt) after we closed a file.
After using the SetIn function it doesn't work.

Question

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.IO;
namespace SoccerStats
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string currDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
            DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(currDirectory);
        var filename = Path.Combine(info.FullName, "data.txt");
        var file = new FileInfo(filename);

if(file.Exists)
        {
            using (var reader = new StreamReader(file.FullName))
            {
                Console.SetIn(reader);
                Console.WriteLine(Console.ReadLine());
            }
        }

Console.ReadLine();

}
}
}

Emmanuel C · Answer

The console was set to the ReadStreamer reader, with SetIn method.
but reader gets closed when it goes out of scope of the using statement.
Can probably set console back to standard input(prompt) with the OpenStandardInput() method of console class.

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how to use ReadLine() (from the prompt) after we closed a file. After using the SetIn function it doesn't work.

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Emmanuel C

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