TextFieldParser.CommentTokens Property 

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Defines comment tokens. A comment token is a string that, when placed at the beginning of a line, indicates that the line is a comment and should be ignored by the parser.

' Usage
Dim value As String() = TextFieldParserObject.CommentTokens
' Declaration
Public Property CommentTokens As String()

Return Value

String ().

Exceptions

The following condition may produce an exception:

Remarks

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Zero-length comment tokens are ignored.

Example

This example specifies that for the TextFieldParser, FileReader lines beginning with a single quotation mark (') should be ignored.

FileReader.TextFieldType = Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FieldType.Delimited
FileReader.CommentTokens = New String() {"'"}

Requirements

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO

Class: TextFieldParser

Assembly: Visual Basic Runtime Library (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Permissions

No permissions are required.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Read From Comma-Delimited Text Files in Visual Basic
How to: Read From Fixed-width Text Files in Visual Basic
How to: Read From Text Files with Multiple Formats in Visual Basic

Reference

TextFieldParser Object
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.TextFieldParser.CommentTokens