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See Also

Close Method, CommentTokens Property, EndOfData Property, LineNumber Property,

PeekChars Method, ReadFields Method, ReadToEnd Method, TextFieldParser Object

ReadToEnd Method

Location

TextFieldParser.ReadToEnd

Syntax

Dim fileParser As FileIO.TextFieldParser

' ...later...

Dim result As String = fileParser.ReadToEnd( )

Description

The ReadToEnd method reads and returns the remaining text in a file being parsed

with the TextFieldParser object, starting from the current file position. The text

returned is not parsed into distinct fields and may include blank lines and comment

lines. If the file position is already at the end of file, this method returns an empty

string.

This method advances the current file position to the end of the file and sets the

parser’s LineNumber property to -

1.

Usage at a Glance

You must close the TextFieldParser object when finished with it. Use the object’s Close

method or create the object instance with the

Using keyword. See the TextFieldParser

Object entry in this chapter for an example.

Example

This code opens a tab-delimited file for scanning but looks for non-delimited data near

the end of the file.

Dim oneLine( ) As String

Dim commentary As String

Dim inputFile As FileIO.TextFieldParser = _

My.Computer.FileSystem.OpenTextFieldParser( ...