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[Guest]

I'm getting a text file formatted like this:

Car VIN: 1252532525253
Make: BMW

How can i get only the number out of there?

 

[Ravi Ambros Wallau]

Use the StreamReader class to read the values;
See help on string class to know how to split, take substrings and see if
the string contains some block of text.

 

[Guest]

I'm doing that now and its not getting the VIN number, also I have to ingnore
the first 5 lines of it except for the vin number, so from line 6 on i have
to read and import the data, how can i start reading from line 6 and ignore
the first 5?

 

[Ravi Ambros Wallau]

I would make a loop that iterates through all lines, and then stop when a
line that begins with the "Car VIN" were found...

 

[clintonG]

"C# Text Manipulation Handbook" from WROX is highly recommended.
There is a version for VB.NET. Covers all kinds of use cases.


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