File.WriteAllText

method · File · cAlgo.API Since 5.7

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Overwrites file content with passed text content.

Environment behaviour

Cloud — not supported. Exists returns false; reads return empty string/array; writes and appends silently do nothing. No exception.

Overloads

Signature	Description
`WriteAllText(string contents)`	Overwrites file content with passed text content.
`WriteAllText(string contents, EncodingType encodingType)`	Overwrites file content with passed text content that has a specified encoding.

Overwrites file content with passed text content.

C#Python

void WriteAllText(string contents)

file.WriteAllText(contents: str) -> None

Parameters

Name	C# type	Python type	Description
`contents`	`string`	`str`	The string to write to the file.

Examples

C#Pythonconfig.json

protected override void OnStart()
{
    DataFile.WriteAllText($"{SymbolName},{Symbol.Bid},{Symbol.Ask}");
}

api.DataFile.WriteAllText(f"{api.SymbolName},{api.Symbol.Bid},{api.Symbol.Ask}")

{
  "Parameters": [
    {
      "Name": "DataFile",
      "DisplayName": "Data File",
      "Type": "File"
    }
  ]
}

Overwrites file content with passed text content that has a specified encoding.

C#Python

void WriteAllText(string contents, EncodingType encodingType)

file.WriteAllText(contents: str, encodingType: EncodingType) -> None

Parameters

Name	C# type	Python type	Description
`contents`	`string`	`str`	The string to write to the file.
`encodingType`	`EncodingType`	`EncodingType`	Encoding type

Examples

C#Pythonconfig.json

protected override void OnStart()
{
    DataFile.WriteAllText($"{SymbolName},{Symbol.Bid}", EncodingType.Utf8);
}

api.DataFile.WriteAllText(f"{api.SymbolName},{api.Symbol.Bid}", EncodingType.Utf8)

{
  "Parameters": [
    {
      "Name": "DataFile",
      "DisplayName": "Data File",
      "Type": "File"
    }
  ]
}