File.WriteAllText( "data.txt", "Hallelujah, I'm a bum!" );
string someVariable = File.ReadAllText( "data.txt" ).Split( new char\[\] { ',', ' ' } ).First();
Console.Write( someVariable );
Console.ReadKey();
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then". ― Blaise Pascal