Convert text to xml

Question

I want to convert a tab delimited text file to a XML file. I was able to do it with a single character delimiter. But how do i extend it to tabs? I am coding in C# and using Visual Studio 2010.

Answer 1

A tab is a single character, written as '\t'. Try adapting your existing solution to use that. If that doesn't work, post more details about your approach and the problems you encountered.

Answer 2

Basically you want to split your lines using the tab char? In that case, use the method you already have and use \t for splitting.

Answer 3

Are the tabs an \t symbol? Then the task is, basically, the same. If by tabs you mean multiple spaces, you might want to delete the extra spaces. A simple way is to use a regex:

  string input = "This is   text with   far  too   much   " + 
                 "whitespace.";
  string pattern = "\\s+";
  string replacement = " ";
  Regex rgx = new Regex(pattern);
  string result = rgx.Replace(input, replacement);