TextFieldParser.ReadToEnd Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Source:

TextFieldParser.vb

Reads the remainder of the text file and returns it as a string.

public:
 System::String ^ ReadToEnd();

public string? ReadToEnd ();

member this.ReadToEnd : unit -> string

Public Function ReadToEnd () As String

Returns

String

The remaining text from the file or stream.

Examples

This example uses the ReadToEnd method to read the entire file ParserText.txt and write it to the file Testfile.txt.

Using FileReader As New Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.
    TextFieldParser("C:\ParserText.txt")

    Dim allText As String = FileReader.ReadToEnd
    My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText("C://testfile.txt", allText, True)
End Using

If Testfile.txt does not exist, it is created by the WriteAllText method.

Remarks

This is an advanced member; it does not show in IntelliSense unless you click the All tab.

If there is nothing more to read because the end of the file has been reached, Nothing is returned.

The ReadToEnd method does not ignore blank lines and comments.

See also

• OpenTextFieldParser(String)
• ReadFields()
• ReadLine()
• Objects (Visual Basic)
• Parsing Text Files with the TextFieldParser Object