TextFieldParser.Delimiters Property
Definition
Important
Some information relates to prerelease product that may be substantially modified before it’s released. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, with respect to the information provided here.
Defines the delimiters for a text file.
public:
property cli::array <System::String ^> ^ Delimiters { cli::array <System::String ^> ^ get(); void set(cli::array <System::String ^> ^ value); };public string[]? Delimiters { get; set; }public string[] Delimiters { get; set; }member this.Delimiters : string[] with get, setPublic Property Delimiters As String()Property Value
A string array that contains all of the field delimiters for the TextFieldParser object.
Exceptions
A delimiter value is set to a newline character, an empty string, or Nothing.
Examples
This example specifies that the delimiter for the TextFieldParser object, FileReader, is a comma (,).
FileReader.TextFieldType = Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FieldType.Delimited
FileReader.Delimiters = New String() {","}
Remarks
This property is meaningful only if the TextFieldType property is set to FieldType.Delimited.
Defining the delimiters for a text file can also be accomplished with the SetDelimiters method.
The following table lists an example of a task involving the Delimiters property.
| To | See |
|---|---|
| Read from a delimited text file | How to: Read From Comma-Delimited Text Files |
