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You could use the TextFieldParser() class:<br />
<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.fileio.textfieldparser.aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.fileio.textfieldparser.aspx</a><br />
<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zezabash.aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zezabash.aspx</a><br />
(yes...you can use it in C#)<br />
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You could use the TextFieldParser() class:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.fileio.textfieldparser.aspx [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.fileio.textfieldparser.aspx]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zezabash.aspx [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zezabash.aspx]
(yes...you can use it in C#)





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Hello Experts,<br />
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I have a large text file of data which is not delimited. &nbsp;It appears that each field begins a specific number of characters into each line.<br />
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Like so:<br />
Field001 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Field002 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Field003Field004 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Field005<br />
Field0010003 &nbsp; &nbsp; Field00234 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Field003Field004 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Field005<br />
Field00123 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Field0030 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Field004Field004 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Field005<br />
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I am comfortable workng with CSV and other delimited files. &nbsp;What is the best way to clean this file up using C#?<br />
<br />
Thanks for any help.
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Hello Experts,

I have a large text file of data which is not delimited.  It appears that each field begins a specific number of characters into each line.

Like so:
Field001             Field002            Field003Field004       Field005
Field0010003     Field00234        Field003Field004       Field005
Field00123         Field0030          Field004Field004       Field005

I am comfortable workng with CSV and other delimited files.  What is the best way to clean this file up using C#?

Thanks for any help.

Parse a text file based on column numbers c#

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