beginner help working with text files

[Gaz]

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Hi all

I am trying to write a program that opens a text file and manipulates the data.
I have managed to open the text file into a textbox1 as a string
i now wish to add code to a button that will find a line in the string that begins with a certain letter eg I and when it does i want to
insert a value eg 2 into a set character distance on the line. Can
anyone help me with a loop that could do this or another way please?
example code would be greatly appreciated thanks

Kind Regards,

Gary

Just to add im using visualbasic.net standard edition and i want to use
the code in a program not on a webpage... thanks in advance

[pvdg42]

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Hi all

I am trying to write a program that opens a text file and manipulates

the data.

I have managed to open the text file into a textbox1 as a string
i now wish to add code to a button that will find a line in the

string that begins with a certain letter eg I and when it does i want to
insert a value eg 2 into a set character distance on the line. Can
anyone help me with a loop that could do this or another way please?

example code would be greatly appreciated thanks

Kind Regards,

Gary

Just to add im using visualbasic.net standard edition and i want to use
the code in a program not on a webpage... thanks in advance

I suggest you study the .NET Framework String class and it's members for the
tools you need.

Start here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...mberstopic.asp
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