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I have a text file which is currently filled with a list of albums/artists:

<artist>AC DC</artist><album>Back in Black</album>
<artist>The Beatles</artist><album>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Cl</album>
<artist>The Beatles</artist><album>Abbey Road</album>
<artist>Bob Dylan</artist><album>Great Woods 1993-09-13</album>
<artist>Bumblefoot</artist><album>Hands</album>
<artist>Buon Vecchio Charlie</artist><album>1971 - Buon Vecchio Charlie</album>
<artist>Camel</artist><album>Mirage</album>

I want to be able to parse the data in between the <artist> or <album> tags into a stored variable but I am having no luck so far.

Can anyone recomend a method of doing so?

The layout of the text file is adjustable, it does not have to be inbetween <artist> etc tags.

Paulie Universalist

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I have a text file which is currently filled with a list of albums/artists:

<artist>AC DC</artist><album>Back in Black</album>
<artist>The Beatles</artist><album>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Cl</album>
<artist>The Beatles</artist><album>Abbey Road</album>
<artist>Bob Dylan</artist><album>Great Woods 1993-09-13</album>
<artist>Bumblefoot</artist><album>Hands</album>
<artist>Buon Vecchio Charlie</artist><album>1971 - Buon Vecchio Charlie</album>
<artist>Camel</artist><album>Mirage</album>

I want to be able to parse the data in between the <artist> or <album> tags into a stored variable but I am having no luck so far.

Can anyone recomend a method of doing so?

The layout of the text file is adjustable, it does not have to be inbetween <artist> etc tags.

You could do a stringSplit on the '<' sign then a "stringtrimleft" 7 characters
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Can anyone recomend a method of doing so?

StringRegExp() or search the forum for "+Microsoft +XMLDOM" if the file has a real XML structure.

Cheers

Kurt

Edited by /dev/null

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Xenobiologist Universalist

Xenobiologist

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Hi,

what about

Func _StringBetween1($s_String, $s_Start = 0, $s_End = 0)
    $s_Start = StringInStr($s_String, $s_Start) + StringLen($s_Start)
    Return StringMid($s_String, $s_Start, StringInStr($s_String, $s_End) - $s_Start)
EndFunc   ;==>_StringBetween1
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So long,

Mega

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Paulie Universalist

Paulie

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StringRegExp() or search the forum for "+Microsoft +XMLDOM" if the file has a real XML structure.

Cheers

Kurt

Man i've been trying to find StrinRegExp in the helpfile all day and i don't thinks it's there

care to offer a crash course?

Xenobiologist Universalist

Xenobiologist

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Hi,

go here http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/files/beta/autoit/

and then undocumentated.

There are several bugs in RegExp funcs, that is why they are out at the moment of beta.

So long,

Mega

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stefano Seeker

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Thanks everyone for your replies. :)

You could do a stringSplit on the '<' sign then a "stringtrimleft" 7 characters

I'm assuming that returns the 7 characters after the <artist> tag, if so the problem with that is that some of the artists names are longer than 7 characters. Or am I missing something.

StringRegExp() or search the forum for "+Microsoft +XMLDOM" if the file has a real XML structure.

The text file is exactly as I posted, it kinda copies the xml structure. I have tried playing with this XML Wrapper but could not get it to work.

what about

Func _StringBetween1($s_String, $s_Start = 0, $s_End = 0)
    $s_Start = StringInStr($s_String, $s_Start) + StringLen($s_Start)
    Return StringMid($s_String, $s_Start, StringInStr($s_String, $s_End) - $s_Start)
EndFunc   ;==>_StringBetween1
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That looks interesting, but I can't get that to work either. :whistle: I'm kinda new to autoit.
Xenobiologist Universalist

Xenobiologist

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Hi,

read the file into an Array with the func _FileReadToArray() Then build a loop and go through every line.

Use this func (example for one line)

$string ="<artist>AC DC</artist><album>Back in Black</album>"

MsgBox(0,"_StringBetween1", "Artist: " & _StringBetween1($string,'<artist>', '</artist>') & @CRLF & "Album: " & _StringBetween1($string,'<album>', '</album>'))

Func _StringBetween1($s_String, $s_Start = 0, $s_End = 0)
    $s_Start = StringInStr($s_String, $s_Start) + StringLen($s_Start)
    Return StringMid($s_String, $s_Start, StringInStr($s_String, $s_End) - $s_Start)
EndFunc   ;==>_StringBetween1

So long,

Mega

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SmOke_N

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Here run this with AutoIt Beta... And replace the txt file location or xml location with where ever it is.

$TxtLocation = @DesktopDir & '\test.txt'
$hFRead = FileRead($TxtLocation)
$Artist = _SRE_BetweenEX($hFRead, '<artist>', '<')
$Album = _SRE_BetweenEX($hFRead, '<album>', '<')

For $iCount = 0 To UBound($Artist) - 1
    MsgBox(64, 'Info:', 'Artist: ' & $Artist[$iCount] & @CR & 'Album: ' & $Album[$iCount])
Next

Func _SRE_BetweenEX($s_String, $s_Start, $s_End, $iCase = 'i')
    If $iCase <> 'i' Then $iCase = ''
    $a_Array = StringRegExp($s_String, '(?' & $iCase & _
                ':' & $s_Start & ')(.*?)(?' & $iCase & _
                ':' & $s_End & ')', 3)
    If @extended & IsArray($a_Array) Then Return $a_Array
    Return SetError(1, 0, 0)    
EndFunc

Edited by SmOke_N

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jefhal Universalist

jefhal

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StringRegExp() or search the forum for "+Microsoft +XMLDOM" if the file has a real XML structure.

$ans = StringRegExp($b,"(?:(?: <artist>)(.+?)(?: </artist>))(?:(?:<album>)(.+?)(?:</album>))",3) Edited by jefhal
...by the way, it's pronounced: "JIF"... Bob Berry --- inventor of the GIF format
/dev/null Universalist

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$ans = StringRegExp($b,"(?:)?: <artist>)(.+?)(?: </artist>))(?:)?:<album>)(.+?)(?:</album>))",3)

Looks funny with the smileys "expanded" :whistle:

Cheers

Kurt

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jefhal Universalist

jefhal

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Looks funny with the smileys "expanded" :whistle:

Yeah, and I tried three different ways of avoiding that from happening: quote/autoit/code

Too lazy to create a hyperlink... :)

...by the way, it's pronounced: "JIF"... Bob Berry --- inventor of the GIF format
Paulie Universalist

Paulie

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Yeah, and I tried three different ways of avoiding that from happening: quote/autoit/code

Too lazy to create a hyperlink... :whistle:

Just uncheck the 'Enable Emoticons'
jefhal Universalist

jefhal

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Just uncheck the 'Enable Emoticons'

Thanks, Paulie! Done.
...by the way, it's pronounced: "JIF"... Bob Berry --- inventor of the GIF format

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