Importing numbers form a text file with a semicolon separator

Question

I have a list of numbers separated by semicolon in text file and I would like to import the data and work with them. If I use

data = ReadList["file",Word,WordSeparators -> ";"] /. Word -> Number

it gives me word or string instead of number. What can I do?

Answer 1

file = StringToStream["1;2;3;4.5;5.5;6.5"];
ReadList[file, Number, RecordSeparators -> {";"}]

{1, 2, 3, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5}