Files: Read from point A to point B

[cfisher440]

I would like to read a text file from one certain point to another certain point.

example. Read file line by line starting at line 21 UNTIL the "--------" string is found.
Once that is found, return the line number of the "--------" string.

21 A B C D E F G
22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
23 THIS IS ANOTHER LINE OF TEXT
24 --------
25 Here is some more text.

In this case I will always know the number of the line to start on but will not know
which line number the "--------" string is on, but need only the data inbetween.

I'm finding that VB.net has a lot of good tools for playing with file streams (especially
regular expressions... very helpful!!!).

Any ideas would be appreciated.

 

[aniskhan]

str1= StreamReader.ReadLine

u may use the lineCount variable that counts the lines read

str1 may be used to check (------)

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

well you could read each line and check for the "--------" line
if it's not the "--------" line then stick it into a variable