gistfile1.txt

// this is the order of the fields for a book stored in a file
ISBN = 0;
AUTHORS_LAST_NAME = 1;
AUTHORS_FIRST_NAME = 2;
TITLE = 3;
PUBLICATION_YEAR = 4;
INDEX_PRICE = 5;


string recordIn;
string[] bookFields; // use this to split the line up into fields (fields are delimeted by the '\t')

StreamReader booksStreamReader = new StreamReader("Book.txt");
while (booksStreamReader.Peek() != -1)
{

recordIn = reader.ReadLine(); 
// NOTE DELIM is '\t' 
bookFields = recordIn.Split(DELIM); // YOU CAN SPLIT ANY "STRING" like this

// trim leading/trailing whitespace
bookFields[0]= bookFields[0].Trim(); 
bookFields[1] = bookFields[1].Trim(); 
bookFields[2] = bookFields[2].Trim(); 
bookFields[3] = bookFields[3].Trim(); 
bookFields[4] = bookFields[4].Trim(); 
bookFields[5] = bookFields[5].Trim();

// do what you need to do with each Book Field.. ie put in your array

lstBooks.Items.Add(recordIn);

}
booksStreamReader.Close();