Searching a particular text

[Archana New to Dotnet]

can any tell me how simplest of way to find whether a string exists in a file. for eg.I have file tat ends with "}" I have to close the file ,if tat exists Thanks in advance

[DA_Loring]

If Instr(strYourString,strYourCharacter) > 0 Then End if

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[Tom Deketelaere]

if yourstring.contains("yourchar") then

[Archana New to Dotnet]

actually i want to open a file and search if "}" exists.

[Tom Deketelaere]

dim textreader as textreader (or somthing like that ;P) do while not textreader.EOF dim s as string = textreader.readline if s.contains("}")then 'do somthing end if loop

[Luc Pattyn]

Unless your file turns out to be very big, you could simplify a lot and use File.ReadAllText method. :)

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[The ANZAC]

dim s as string = system.io.file.readalltext("C:\Example") if s.contains("}") then 'do your actions end if

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