how do I import tab delimited data?

[Rob]

Hi All, I am trying to do a macro that imports tab delimited data in two
columns. I started with a macro from here.
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/imptext.htm , and tweaked it slightly to my
needs, but it won't work for tab delimited data. I don't need to select the
delimiter, as it will always be tabbed. My code is below in two macros, can I
make this into one? Thanks in adnvance.

Sub ImportTextFile(FName As String, Sep As String)

Dim RowNdx As Integer
Dim ColNdx As Integer
Dim TempVal As Variant
Dim WholeLine As String
Dim Pos As Integer
Dim NextPos As Integer
Dim SaveColNdx As Integer

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'On Error GoTo EndMacro:

SaveColNdx = ActiveCell.Column
RowNdx = ActiveCell.Row

Open FName For Input Access Read As #1

While Not EOF(1)
Line Input #1, WholeLine
If Right(WholeLine, 1) <> Sep Then
WholeLine = WholeLine & Sep
End If
ColNdx = SaveColNdx
Pos = 1
NextPos = InStr(Pos, WholeLine, Sep)
While NextPos >= 1
TempVal = Mid(WholeLine, Pos, NextPos - Pos)
Cells(RowNdx, ColNdx).Value = TempVal
Pos = NextPos + 1
ColNdx = ColNdx + 1
NextPos = InStr(Pos, WholeLine, Sep)
Wend
RowNdx = RowNdx + 1
Wend

EndMacro:
On Error GoTo 0
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Close #1

End Sub

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Public Sub DoTheImport()

Dim FName As Variant
Dim Sep As String

FName = Application.GetOpenFilename _
(filefilter:="Text Files(*.dat),*.dat,All Files (*.*),*.*")
If FName = False Then
MsgBox "You didn't select a file"
Exit Sub
End If

Sep = InputBox("Enter a single delimiter character.", _
"Import Text File")
ImportTextFile CStr(FName), Sep

End Sub

 

[Kou Vang]

I also have been working on importing text files, but I have something more
along this line for the importing:

Workbooks.OpenText filename:="DATA.TXT", _
dataType:=xlDelimited, tab:=True

What you have seems quite long, unless you need to do more things. If the
data is seperated by Tabs into two columns, I would think this would be
enough. HTH!