title: JSON string parse error. System.Exception {Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException}
body: <p>I have the following string. I am getting the following error. Could you please let me know what could be wrong?</p>
  
  <pre><code>Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: C. Path '', line 0, position 0.
  JsonTextReader error: System.Exception {Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is the JSON string I am getting from client. </p>
  
  <pre><code>Content-Type: application/json
  Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="postData.json"
  
  {"name":"test44","age":"66","gender":"B","dob":"10\/10\/2003","file":null}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is my code for parsing using JSON.NET.</p>
  
  <pre><code>JsonTextReader reader = new JsonTextReader(new StringReader(json));
  while (reader.Read())
  {
       if (reader.Value != null)
          Console.WriteLine("Token: {0}, Value: {1}", reader.TokenType, reader.Value);
       else
          Console.WriteLine("Token: {0}", reader.TokenType);
  }
  </code></pre>