TextFieldParser.TrimWhiteSpace Property 

Indicates whether leading and trailing white space should be trimmed from field values.

' Usage
Dim value As Boolean = TextFieldParserObject.TrimWhiteSpace
' Declaration
Public Property TrimWhiteSpace As Boolean

Return Value

Boolean.

Remarks

The default value for this property is True.

Example

This example creates a TextFieldParser, FileReader, and sets the TrimWhiteSpace property to True.

Using FileReader As New _
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.TextFieldParser("C:\ParserText.txt")
    FileReader.TextFieldType = _
    Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FieldType.Delimited
    FileReader.SetDelimiters(",")
    FileReader.TrimWhiteSpace = True
End Using

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
My.Computer.FileSystem.OpenTextFieldParser Method
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.TextFieldParser.TrimWhiteSpace

Concepts

Parsing Text Files with the TextFieldParser Object