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TextFieldParser.LineNumber Property

Definition

Namespace:
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO
Assembly:
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll
Assembly:
Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
Source:
TextFieldParser.vb
Source:
TextFieldParser.vb
Source:
TextFieldParser.vb
Source:
TextFieldParser.vb
Source:
TextFieldParser.vb

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Returns the current line number, or returns -1 if no more characters are available in the stream.

public:
 property long LineNumber { long get(); };
public long LineNumber { get; }
member this.LineNumber : int64
Public ReadOnly Property LineNumber As Long

Property Value

The current line number.

Examples

This example searches for the name "Jones" in the text file and reports what line(s) it occurs on.

Using FileReader As New Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.TextFieldParser("C:\ParserText.txt")
 FileReader.TextFieldType = Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FieldType.Delimited
 FileReader.Delimiters = New String() {","}
 Dim currentRow As String()
 While Not FileReader.EndOfData
 Try
 currentRow = FileReader.ReadFields()
 Dim currentField As String
 For Each currentField In currentRow
 If currentField = "Jones" Then
 MsgBox("The name Jones occurs on line " & 
 FileReader.LineNumber)
 End If
 Next
 Catch ex As Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.MalformedLineException
 MsgBox("Line " & ex.Message & 
 "is not valid and will be skipped.")
 End Try
 End While
End Using

Remarks

This is an advanced member; it does not show in IntelliSense unless you click the All tab.

Blank lines and comments are not ignored when determining the line number.

Applies to

See also


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