How do you replace the comma in each row with new line

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Hi ALl,

I have a dataset with column(0),column(1),column(2) and column(3). I wanted to replace each row on column(3) which has text separated with commas like this "Sales,Reversal" i wanted to replace this with new line..I tried the below code

VB

For Each dr As DataRow In ds.Tables(0).Rows
                Dim i As Integer = 0

                For i = 0 To ds.Tables(0).Rows.Count - 1
                    Replace(ds.Tables(0).DefaultView(i)("Details"), ",", vbCrLf)

                Next
            Next

This does not work ...Please help.Thanks.

Posted 24-Jul-13 4:59am

vidkaat

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joshrduncan2012 24-Jul-13 11:01am

Look at how String.Replace works.

Prasad Khandekar 24-Jul-13 11:17am

Why not do this in the SELECT query. For SQL server you can use REPLACE function. Your SELECT Query may look similar to one shown below.

SELECT col1, col2, REPLACE(col3, ',', CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)) AS col3 FROM some_table

Regards,

[no name] 24-Jul-13 11:17am

"This does not work", sure it does. The problem is is that you are simply throwing the result away. As indicated by joshduncan2012 Replace returns a new string.

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Kuthuparakkal · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-24T05:47:00

Solution 1

Try this:

VB

Public Sub MyReplace(ByRef ds As DataSet)
    Dim str As String = ","
    Dim mtr As String = vbCrLf

    For Each datarow As DataRow In ds.Tables(0).Rows
        For Each datacol As DataColumn In ds.Tables(0).Columns
            datarow(datacol) = Replace(datarow(datacol).ToString, str, mtr)
        Next
    Next
End Sub

Posted 24-Jul-13 5:47am

Kuthuparakkal

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vidkaat 24-Jul-13 14:06pm

Thank u so much

Kuthuparakkal 25-Jul-13 1:48am

You're welcome!!!