TextFieldParser.HasFieldsEnclosedInQuotes Property

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Source:

TextFieldParser.vb

Denotes whether fields are enclosed in quotation marks when a delimited file is being parsed.

public:
 property bool HasFieldsEnclosedInQuotes { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

public bool HasFieldsEnclosedInQuotes { get; set; }

member this.HasFieldsEnclosedInQuotes : bool with get, set

Public Property HasFieldsEnclosedInQuotes As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

True if fields are enclosed in quotation marks; otherwise, False.

Examples

This example sets the HasFieldsEnclosedInQuotes property to True for myReader.

FileReader.TextFieldType = Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FieldType.Delimited
FileReader.Delimiters = New String() {","}
FileReader.CommentTokens = New String() {""}
FileReader.HasFieldsEnclosedInQuotes = True

Remarks

This is an advanced member; it does not show in IntelliSense unless you click the All tab.

If the property is True, the parser assumes that fields are enclosed in quotation marks (" ") and may contain line endings.

If a field is enclosed in quotation marks, for example, abc, "field2a,field2b", field3 and this property is True, then all text enclosed in quotation marks will be returned as is; this example would return abc|field2a,field2b|field3. Setting this property to False would make this example return abc|"field2a|field2b"|field3.

See also

• OpenTextFieldParser(String)
• Objects (Visual Basic)