Checking occurances in a txt/ini file

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb

17 Apr 2006 11:59 PM

Adam Honek

In VB.Net is there a simple quick way to check how many
occurances of a phrase (ie "xxx") there is in a txt or ini file
or must we do it the long fashioned way of reading through
the entire file one line at a time?

Thanks,
Adam

18 Apr 2006 5:53 AM

Cerebrus

You don't have the read the entire file one line at a time, but you
could read it in one go, using the ReadToEnd() method.

Then you could call the IndexOf method in a loop, and increment the
start position of this method with each iteration.

Is that too Long-fashioned ?

Regards,

Cerebrus.

18 Apr 2006 10:36 AM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Cerebrus" <zorg***@sify.com> schrieb:
> You don't have the read the entire file one line at a time, but you
> could read it in one go, using the ReadToEnd() method.

True, but I'd only do that for small files...

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