TextFieldParser.SetDelimiters(String[]) Method
Definition
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Sets the delimiters for the reader to the specified values, and sets the field type to Delimited.
public:
void SetDelimiters(... cli::array <System::String ^> ^ delimiters);public void SetDelimiters (params string[]? delimiters);public void SetDelimiters (params string[] delimiters);member this.SetDelimiters : string[] -> unitPublic Sub SetDelimiters (ParamArray delimiters As String())Parameters
- delimiters
- String[]
Array of type String.
Exceptions
A delimiter is zero-length.
Examples
This example opens a text field parser and defines the delimiter as vbTab.
Using FileReader As New Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.
TextFieldParser("C:\logs\test.log")
FileReader.SetDelimiters(vbTab)
End Using
Replace the path C:\logs\test.log with the path and name of the file you wish to parse.
Remarks
The existing contents of the Delimiters property are cleared when this method is set.
This method provides a way to set delimiters without creating an array.
The following table lists an example of a task involving the SetDelimiters method.
| To | See |
|---|---|
| Parse a text file | Parsing Text Files with the TextFieldParser Object |
