Question

I’m trying to parse a text file. First I plan on extrcating each line, then extracting each field by searching for a tasb.

When I use InStr to sercah for a \r (return for end of line) or \t (for tab) I always get a zero. But if I put in a visable letter such as a I got a 5.
also I tried /r, /n and \n all return a zero.
The file looks as follows:

ID  Name
1   Patient
2   Bed
3   PatientSet
4   BedSet
5   TriggerSet
6   Triggering
7   Panel

the code

 fileReader = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText("D:\BW\bwdatabase\ContextType.txt")
    MsgBox(fileReader)

    Str = fileReader
    i = InStr(Str, "\r") // i uis zero
    l = Mid(Str, 0, i - 1) // so this crashes becouse index is -1
    MsgBo

Answer 1

“\r” does not work in VB. For \r, use vbCr; for \n, use vbLf.