How to Check If File Exists in C#/CSharp

To check if file exists in C#/CSharp, we make use of static function Exists of File class.  This will return a boolean value.  Example is given below.

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace Hello_World
{

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {            
            string path = @"C:\file.txt";
            if(File.Exists(path))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("File Exists: Yes!");
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("File Exists: No!");
            }
        }               
    }
}

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