Push back the StreamReader position?

[nolc]

Is there a way move back the streamreader position? I'm looking for "88," at the beginning of a line and once it is something else it jumps out of the loop. I need to move back the position of the streamreader 1 line, so it can be read later. Is there a way of doing this? Thanks in advance...

Dim trans_text As String = trans_text.Concat(tmpText, vbCrLf)
tmpText = myStreamReader.ReadLine()
Do While tmpText.Substring(0, 3) = "88,"
If tmpText <> Nothing Then
trans_text = trans_text.Concat(trans_text, tmpText, vbCrLf)
Else ' END OF FILE
Exit Do
End If
tmpText = myStreamReader.ReadLine()
Loop
Dim srPos As Int32 = CType(myStreamReader.BaseStream.Position, Int32)
myStreamReader.BaseStream.Position = srPos - 1

[DSJ]

I think streamreader.BaseStream.Seek() is what you need to look into.

[nolc]

How does that work? I looked into the Seek method and I get a integer of 54 back. What is this telling me? Is it a char #?

[coolbiz]

You need to give it the offset in BYTE where you want to place the file pointer at. If you're dealing with a TEXT file, then it should be the char count including the CR and LF.

-Cool Bizs

[nolc]

So how will this work? From the section below, if the StreamReader had the bold line in memory and I was to do a StreamReader.Peek()...How would I check (peek) to see if the next line has "16," in the first 3 positions? Thank you in advance...

SECTION FROM FILE:
16,475,13204243,,,04920007747/
88,OTHER REFERENCE: IA002251916233/
88,CHECK PAID/
16,475,13890423,,,04920007718/
88,OTHER REFERENCE: IA002355033631/
88,CHECK PAID/

[coolbiz]

I think one solution would be to store the position of the beginning of each lines in an array or collection. So as you read each line, store the current position (.Position from the stream class) which is the beginning of the next line. This way if you need to rewind, you can keep going back to the beginning of each line and search for the number from there.

-Cool Bizs