Find string VB.NET

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I have a text file with multiple different items that I need to grab from it.

Here is portion of the text file:

JOB_NUMBER                      XXXX-XX              TYPE: String               
                                                     SOURCE: User-Defined       
                                                     ACCESS: Full               
                                                     DESIGNATED: NO             
                                                     DESCRIPTION:               

CUSTOMER                        SAMPLE COMPANY       TYPE: String               
                                                     SOURCE: User-Defined       
                                                     ACCESS: Full               
                                                     DESIGNATED: NO             
                                                     DESCRIPTION:               

OVERBURN                        5.500000e-03         TYPE: Real Number          
                                                     SOURCE: User-Defined       
                                                     ACCESS: Full               
                                                     DESIGNATED: NO             
                                                     DESCRIPTION:

I need to find the string with JOB_NUMBER in it and grab the number "XXXX-XX" same with "CUSTOMER" but that will be a string not an integer.

This cannot be done by line number because it will be different every time.

Any suggestions would be very helpful

NeverHopeless · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-13 09:38:47Z

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Steve · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-07 18:14:03Z

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Is there only going to be 1 job number and one customer string in each file? If yes you could read the file to a string and extract like so:

Dim thefile As String = IO.File.ReadAllText("C:\test.txt")
Dim jobnumber As String = Split(Split(thefile, "JOB_NUMBER")(1), "TYPE:")(0).Trim()
Dim customer As String = Split(Split(thefile, "CUSTOMER")(1), "TYPE:")(0).Trim()

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answered Nov 7, 2012 at 18:08

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Bradley Thomas · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-07 17:50:44Z

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If those are fixed width columns, simply find the lines that begin with JOB_NUMBER and CUSTOMER and substring out the middle column, then trim the spaces.

answered Nov 7, 2012 at 17:50

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