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copied!<p>I'm new to C# and trying to get my head around why the code below isn't working. I've tried to make a custom class HtmlRequest that isn't static so can be instantiated as many times as required using <code>HtmlRequest someVar = new HtmlRequest();</code></p> <p>return sb is holding the value but it's not being returned to <code>hmtmlString</code> on the line <code>htmlString = htmlReq.getHtml(uri)</code>.</p> <p>I've tried putting Get{code ...return sb;} after public class HtmlRequest but can't get the correct syntax</p> <pre><code> public partial class MainWindow : DXWindow { private void GetLinks() { HtmlRequest htmlReq = new HtmlRequest(); Uri uri = new Uri("http://stackoverflow.com/"); StringBuilder htmlString = new StringBuilder(); htmlString = htmlReq.getHtml(uri); //nothing returned on htmlString } } public class HtmlRequest { public StringBuilder getHtml(Uri uri) { // used to build entire input StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); // used on each read operation byte[] buf = new byte[8192]; // prepare the web page we will be asking for HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri); // execute the request HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse(); // we will read data via the response stream Stream resStream = response.GetResponseStream(); string tempString = null; int count = 0; Do { // fill the buffer with data count = resStream.Read(buf, 0, buf.Length); // make sure we read some data if (count != 0) { // translate from bytes to ASCII text tempString = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buf, 0, count); // continue building the string sb.Append(tempString); } } while (count > 0); // any more data to read? return sb; } } </code></pre> <p>If I put a breakpoint on <code>return sb;</code> then the variable is correct but is not returning it. It's probably something really obvious, can someone explain why it's not working and how to fix it?</p> <p>Thank you</p>

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