Returns

The next character from the character source as a int , or -1 if at the end of the stream. [Edit]

Exceptions

Type	Reason
System.IO.IOException	An I/O error occurred. [Edit]

Remarks

Note:

This method returns -1 is when the end of the underlying stream is reached because a Unicode character can contain only values between hexadecimal 0x0000 to 0xFFFF (0 to 65535).

This method overrides TextReader.Peek.

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Requirements

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0