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I am using a streamreader to read a one line text file. The line looks like
this:
"99999","04/30/2007","XXXXXXXX","XXXXX, XX","XX",""

When the line is read in I get this: i

"\"99999\",\"04/30/2007\",\"XXXXXXXXXX\",\"XXXXXX, XX\",\"XX\",\"\""
I don't get where all the \ are coming from. Is there a different method I
should be using to read the file? I tried to remove them using replace, but
it didn't work.

Thanks.
May 10 '07 #1
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Tim Kelley <tk*****@company.comwrote:
I am using a streamreader to read a one line text file. The line looks like
this:
"99999","04/30/2007","XXXXXXXX","XXXXX, XX","XX",""

When the line is read in I get this: i

"\"99999\",\"04/30/2007\",\"XXXXXXXXXX\",\"XXXXXX, XX\",\"XX\",\"\""
I don't get where all the \ are coming from. Is there a different method I
should be using to read the file? I tried to remove them using replace, but
it didn't work.
They're coming from you looking at the string in the debugger - they're
not in the actual string.

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May 10 '07 #2

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