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WriteRead int, float, char array and bool to a binary file using BinaryWriter

using System; using System.IO; public class MainClass {     public static int Main(string[] args)     {     Console.WriteLine("***** Creating a file and writing binary data *****");     FileStream myFStream = new FileStream("temp.dat", FileMode.OpenOrCreate,FileAccess.ReadWrite);          BinaryWriter binWrit = new BinaryWriter(myFStream);     binWrit.Write("Hello as binary info...");          int myInt = 9;     float myFloat = 9.8F;     bool myBool = false;     char[] myCharArray = {'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'};          binWrit.Write(myInt);     binWrit.Write(myFloat);     binWrit.Write(myBool);     binWrit.Write(myCharArray);              binWrit.BaseStream.Position = 0;     Console.WriteLine("Reading binary data...");     BinaryReader binRead = new BinaryReader(myFStream);     int temp = 0;     while(binRead.PeekChar() != -1)     {       Console.Write(binRead.ReadByte());         temp = temp + 1;       if(temp ==  5)       {         temp = 0;         Console.WriteLine();       }     }     binWrit.Close();     binRead.Close();     myFStream.Close();         return 0;     } } ***** Creating a file and writing binary data ***** Reading binary data... 2372101108108 111329711532 9810511097114 12132105110102 1114646469 000205204 2865072101 108108111