# 1.26.0[−][src]Function std::fs::read_to_string

    pub fn read_to_string<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<String>

Read the entire contents of a file into a string.

This is a convenience function for using `File::open` and `read_to_string` with fewer imports and without an intermediate variable. It pre-allocates a buffer based on the file size when available, so it is generally faster than reading into a string created with `String::new()`.

# Errors

This function will return an error if `path` does not already exist. Other errors may also be returned according to `OpenOptions::open`.

It will also return an error if it encounters while reading an error of a kind other than `ErrorKind::Interrupted`, or if the contents of the file are not valid UTF-8.

# Examples

    use std::fs;
    use std::net::SocketAddr;

    fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + 'static>> {
        let foo: SocketAddr = fs::read_to_string("address.txt")?.parse()?;
        Ok(())
    }Run

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