TextFieldParser Object Members

The TextFieldParser object provides methods and properties for parsing structured text files as shown in the following table.

Properties

CommentTokens	String. Lines beginning with the specified comment token are skipped by the parser.
Delimiters	String. The delimiters for the text file. Valid only for delimited files.
EndOfData	Boolean. Returns True if there are no non-blank, non-comment lines between the current cursor position and the end of the file.
ErrorLine	String. Returns the line that caused the most recent MalformedLineException. Default is "".
ErrorLineNumber	Long. Returns the line number that caused the most recent MalformedLineException. Default is -1.
FieldWidths	Integer. Denotes the width of each column in the text file. Valid only for fixed-width files.
HasFieldsEnclosedInQuotes	Boolean. Returns True if fields can be enclosed in quotation marks. Valid only for delimited files. Default is True.
LineNumber	Integer. Returns the current line number, or -1 if no more characters are available.
TextFieldType	FieldType. The type of file, delimited or fixed-width. Default is Delimited.
TrimWhiteSpace	Boolean. Indicates whether leading and trailing white spaces should be trimmed from field values.

Close	Closes the underlying stream.
PeekChars	Reads the specified number of characters without advancing the cursor.
ReadFields	Reads all fields on the current line, returns them as an array of strings, and advances cursor to the next line.
ReadLine	Returns the current line as a String and advances the cursor to the next line.
ReadToEnd	Reads the remainder of the stream and returns it as a String.
SetDelimiters	Sets the delimiters for the reader to the specified values and the field type to Delimited.
SetFieldWidths	Sets the delimiters for the reader to the specified values and the field type to FixedWidth.