Removeing leading Tab from each line in a text file

[jcrouse]

I have a text file that is about 5000 line long. Each line begins with a
TAB. I'm trying to loop through the file a line at a time and remove the TAB
but can't figure out how. I tried a substring with no luck. How can I
accomplish this?

Thanks,
John

[Henry Wu]

Hi John hope this helps,

Dim Line As String
Line.Replace(vbTab, "")

Henry

"jcrouse" <me> wrote in message news:<uG**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>...

I have a text file that is about 5000 line long. Each line begins with a
TAB. I'm trying to loop through the file a line at a time and remove the TAB
but can't figure out how. I tried a substring with no luck. How can I
accomplish this?

Thanks,
John

[Cor Ligthert]

John,

If you are sure it is the first position I just would do while reading

line = line.substring(1)

(You wrote you used substring however I am not sure if it was this one)

That removes the first position

Cor

I have a text file that is about 5000 line long. Each line begins with a
TAB. I'm trying to loop through the file a line at a time and remove the TAB but can't figure out how. I tried a substring with no luck. How can I
accomplish this?

[Cor Ligthert]

Henry,

Just a little addition.

Dim Line As String
Line.Replace(vbTab, "")

This replaces all tabs, the alternative is in my opinion when it is not
surely the first position to use the Visual.Basic replace method with wich
you can do a replace only one time.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...fctreplace.asp
Cor