Copy the Last 20 characters from a text File and show it in a Message Box

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I have a text File as

1.asdasasd123123adasdasd^^asdasd^^12345678901234567890
2.asdasasd123123adasdasd^^asdasdweqw^^aasa
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and so on .the String "12345678901234567890" contains 20 characters
which is in first line of the text file
I just want to capture this string that is 12345678901234567890
The length of the First line may vary accordingly but this character
always contain 20 characters.
I just need to capture this 20 character string and to show
in a message box.

Can it be Done.
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Posted 7-May-12 1:18am

Karwa_Vivek

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-07T02:48:00

Solution 1

Yes:

VB

Using tr As TextReader = New StreamReader("D:\Temp\Data.txt")
    Dim s As String = tr.ReadLine()
    Dim bitYouWant As String = s.Substring(s.Length - 20)
    Console.WriteLine(bitYouWant)
End Using

Posted 7-May-12 2:48am

OriginalGriff

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Monjurul Habib 8-May-12 16:27pm

5!