[dba-VB] C# replace a special character

Hi John

You should be able to use the Replace method directly on your string holding the line or the file:

  theStringToCleanUp.Replace(((char)26).ToString(),"");

like:

  string contents = File.ReadAllText(path);
  File.WriteAllText(path, contents.Replace(((char)26).ToString(),""));

/gustav

>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 20-10-2009 17:45 >>>
I have a file which contains a sprinkling of a special character - decimal 26, hex 1A (the SUB 
character).  This special character in the CSV file output to Accuzip causes Accuzip to hiccup.  In 
order to get on with my life I need to pre-process the files to get rid of this special character. 
Because of the size of these files (hundreds of mbytes) I need to do a readline / replace / 
writeline kind of thing.  I think I need to use the stringbuilder.replace but I do not know how to 
specify replacing this hex 1A with something else.  The something else would ideally be nothing 
(empty string) but can be any valid alpha character (A, B etc).

Can anyone help me with this replace part of the problem.  C# syntax please.

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John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com