How to omit the first line when reading from a text file?

[wonder_gal]

Hi,

I am writing a function to read from a text file.
May I know is there any vb.net built in function that I can use to omit the first line while reading the text file.

My current code is

[COLOR=black]Dim oReader As New System.IO.StreamReader(strFilePath)

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[/COLOR]strTextLine = oReader.ReadToEnd
oReader.Close()

Is there any condition that I can check so that I can avoid reading the first line? Thanks.

 

[JohnH]

Not with ReadToEnd method, but you can use the ReadLine method to read all lines and ignore the first. Or String.Split the full file string by newlines to a "lines" array. For the latter case you can also use a textbox if you're not up to splitting the text yourself, just assign the readalltext return string to the textbox.text property and use the textbox.lines array.

 

[wonder_gal]

Ok, I'll use the ReadLine method then. But my question here is that is there any method/ function that can allow me to skip reading the first line?

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

Dim Str As New System.Text.StringBuilder
Dim oReader As New System.IO.StreamReader(strFilePath)
oReader.ReadLine 'This skips the first line
Do While oReader.Peek <> -1
    Str.Append(oReader.ReadLine & Environment.NewLine)
Loop
oReader.Close()
strTextLine = Str.ToString

 

[wonder_gal]

Hi JuggaloBrotha,

Ya, by placing this line

oReader.ReadLine

ahead of

Do While oReader.Peek <> -1
    Str.Append(oReader.ReadLine & Environment.NewLine)
Loop

really does the magic of skipping first line!

Thanks for sharing.

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

no problem, i take it the code works for you?

 

[wonder_gal]

Yaya, absolutely!