how to define a delimiter in C#

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hi people i have a problem

i have a text file that is padded into columns using white spaces

i want to know how can i define the delimiter in the

MSIL

DataSet ds = TextToDataSet.Convert("c:\test.txt", "MyNewTable", "????????");

so that the delimiter takes all the white spaces between the columns as a delimiter

the problem now is the white spaces isn't all the same amount of spaces

every row in the file has different amount of spaces

can anyone assist me please

the ?????? is what i1m looking for the \t doesn't work the "\s*" doesn't work tried to create a regex but doesn't work either?

i need a delimiter to ignore all the white spaces between data

and the amount of white spaces aren't the same in each row row one has like lets say 5 and row 2 has like 10 or 20 between the data so now i need to know how to define that delimiter so that it uses any amount of white spaces as the delimiter?

Posted 20-Jan-10 23:29pm

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Updated 21-Jan-10 0:09am

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Solution 1

If you are referring to this article, I suggest you ask the author in the forum at the bottom of article.

Posted 20-Jan-10 23:35pm

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#realJSOP · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-21T00:14:00

Solution 2

You could try something like this before doing anything with the data:

string myString = "a    b      c";
do
{
   myString = myString.Replace("  ", " ");
}
while (myString.IndexOf("  " >= 0);
myString = myString.Trim();

Posted 21-Jan-10 0:14am

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Updated 21-Jan-10 0:16am

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