deletion of text from text file c#

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any one can help me how to delete a word like "World" from a text file, the text file
contains a lot of more text also but only the text entered in a text is searched and then deleted by pressing a delete button created in a web form.......

Posted 20-Jan-11 18:01pm

Zia Ullah Khan

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you can use this code Syntax

// FileName is your FileName and OldWord is Word which you want to delete
File.WriteAllText("FileName",File.ReadAllText("FileName").Replace("OldWord", ""));

Posted 20-Jan-11 18:20pm

RaviRanjanKr

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Abhinav S · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-20T18:17:00

Solution 1

1) Load the text file into memory.
2) Load text from the text file into a variable.
3) Search for the varible for the world 'World'.
4) Replace all words with null strings.
5) Write this string back into the file.

Posted 20-Jan-11 18:17pm

Abhinav S

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RaviRanjanKr 21-Jan-11 0:21am

Nice Answer Abhinav. +5 for that

Abhinav S 21-Jan-11 0:27am

Thanks Ravi

Zia Ullah Khan 21-Jan-11 0:57am

the given guidlines are correct and absolute but i am getting stuck can you give me an example ......if you give an example i will get the idea

Abhinav S 21-Jan-11 1:01am

Hope this helps - http://www.dreamincode.net/code/snippet3282.htm

Zia Ullah Khan 21-Jan-11 1:15am

thanks alot i got the idea