how to separate out words from a text file

I have a text file like this:

name=xyz
user=asdfjklas
etc...

i need to have a string called name with "xyz" in it, and a string called user with "asdfjlas" in it.

Can someone help me! I have spent like 4 hours on it already :( thanks!

4 hours? Really? IO.File.ReadAllLines Store the result of that in a variable. Loop through each line in the array returned. Use some If logic to determine whether the line is indicating a Name or a User field. Then call String.Split on the line and retrieve the item at index 1, use the '=' char as the split parameter.

try this. i'm assuming you're using vb2008/10 as you haven't specified a version either in your profile or your thread:

vb Code:

Public Class Form1
 
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim lines() As String = IO.File.ReadAllLines("yout textFile.txt")
        Dim name As String = lines.FirstOrDefault(Function(s) s.StartsWith("name")).Split("="c)(1)
        Dim user As String = lines.FirstOrDefault(Function(s) s.StartsWith("user")).Split("="c)(1)
        'as requested
    End Sub
 
End Class