Excel vba read text file line by line

Below a simple example of reading a file to which a Type data type was saved to, including an Integer and String. You can try to read and process XML files similarly as text files shown above. However, given you will probably want to extract specific XML tag or attribute information I suggest reading my dedicated article below. Above functions allow native upload of file data. However for more complicated scenario you will probably go for the FileSystemObject.

Reading files in VBA is not hard and requires just a few lines of code usually. It is, however, important to use the appropriate approach to read a file in VBA. Not all files need to be read line-by-line which is usually inefficient.

See also Proper VBA error handling. Read, Write, or Read Write Lock — optional. Closes the file using the file number. More info here. Using this function is important especially when operating on multiple files simultaneously.

Returns true if you are at the beginning of the file described by the file number. Active 3 months ago. Viewed k times. How can I do that line by line? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. SeanC SeanC Remember Close FileNum at the end! NoChance, not if the file is just as expected, but programming styles were not what the question is about. Show 2 more comments. OpenTextFile filePath, ForReading, False Then with this txtStream object you have all sorts of tools which intellisense picks up unlike using the FreeFile method so there is less guesswork.

You can read a file like: Do While Not txtStream. AtEndOfStream txtStream. ReadLine Loop txtStream. Robino 3, 2 2 gold badges 28 28 silver badges 36 36 bronze badges. Brad Brad I think this also will accomplish what I wanted just fine — dancran. Actually, without dimensioning txtStream as a TextStream object, there will be no intellisense — ElRudi. Alex K. This is the correct answer. You can do the same in FileSystemObject, but FSO will often fail to run due to security restrictions, and it is significantly slower.

GJK The below is my code from reading text file to excel file. Worksheets "Sheet4". Range "Al:L20". Daniel L. VanDenBosch 1, 3 3 gold badges 23 23 silver badges 47 47 bronze badges. Tarun Reddy Tarun Reddy 1, 7 7 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges.