Question : About Formatting and Parsing text strings

In the Microsoft section about parsing a text file with multiple formats ...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w30ffays.aspx

... you are asked to create the following text file ...

.....


Err  1001 Cannot access resource.
Err  2014 Resource not found.
Acc  10/03/2009User1      Administrator.
Err  0323 Warning: Invalid access attempt.
Acc  10/03/2009User2      Standard user.
Acc  10/04/2009User2      Standard user.

......................

You are then told to define the 'expected' format of the above text file, and also the format used when an error is reported.

As follows,

Dim stdFormat As Integer() = {5, 10, 11, -1}
Dim errorFormat As Integer() = {5, 5, -1}

..................

But I do not understand what those numbers mean.

For example, what is meant by ... {5, 10, 11, -1}?

Help appreciated.

Thank you

Answer : About Formatting and Parsing text strings

Execute these examples and analyze the behaviour of TextfieldParse with values (5,10,11,-1):
http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/95923-textfieldparser/

further examples:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/.NET/Q_25205897.html