Question

Using LINQ, what is an efficent way to get each string from a tab-delimited .txt file (and then get each word, usually what string.Split(…) does)?

var v = from line in File.ReadAllLines()
   select n

Is part of this solution I believe. I don’t mind if this uses yield return.

EDIT: I’ve also seen threads on here detailing exactly what I am trying to do, but can’t find them.

Answer 1

I’m not entirely sure what you’re asking but it sounds like you’re trying to get every word from a tab delimited file as an IEnumerable<string>. If so then try the following

var query = File.ReadAllLines(somePathVariable)
                .SelectMany(x => x.Split(new char[] { '\t' });