thanks so much David.

so if I wanted just the raw X, Y and Z data I would make three
separate outputs and three different lists of Doubles within the
VB.net code? I could then make the points by composing them afterward
with the PointXYZ component? Just testing the waters...

thanks again

On Feb 8, 2:51 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi oompa,
>
> I made a file called "coordinates.txt" which contained some comma-
> separated numbers (3 per line). I then put the path to this file (C:
> \Users\David\Desktop\coordinates.txt) into a PostIt panel and fed it
> into a VB component. I called the input parameter "path" and set the
> hint to String.
>
> The following code will examine all lines in the file and create a
> list of points:
>
> Sub RunScript(ByVal path As String)
>   If (Not IO.File.Exists(path)) Then Return False
>
>   Dim lines As String() = IO.File.ReadAllLines(path)
>   If (lines Is Nothing) Then Return False
>
>   Dim pts As New List(Of On3dPoint)
>   For Each line As String In lines
>     Dim parts As String() = line.Split(",".ToCharArray())
>
>     Dim x As Double = Convert.ToDouble(parts(0))
>     Dim y As Double = Convert.ToDouble(parts(1))
>     Dim z As Double = Convert.ToDouble(parts(2))
>
>     pts.Add(New On3dPoint(x, y, z))
>   Next
>
>   A = pts
> End Sub
>
> --
> David Rutten
> [email protected]
> Robert McNeel & Associates
>
> On Feb 8, 2:09 am, oompa_l <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi
>
> > I am in the process of trying to understand the import of data into GH
> > from excel, but I don't think I even need to get that fancy since my
> > data is actually coming from a CSV text file. Does anyone know of any
> > sample files that illustrate how to take a list of points in this
> > format and produce GH geometry from it?
>
> > thanks in advance
> > o

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