searching and reading txt lines

[shaded]

I am new to autoIt please help if possible,

I have a bot that reading poker cards it uses checksum value and card numbers.Every checksum match with a card value.

I want the bot to read a txt file which include checksum value and card value in everyline like this;

(Checksum,card)

(873175,A)

(6707434,2)

i want bot to search for the checksum value it gets from the card on the screen and search the txt line by line. If it find the value of checksum it will find the card value.Is it possible? I read some topics about reading line and search.I also read creating dictionary but it is very hard for me to learn now.

I examine some examples FileReadToArray() for finding the checksum value in a file and FileReadLine() for reading lines with checksum and card values

Am i on the right way or not? Can someone give an example for finding my way on the issue.

Edited October 31, 2009 by shaded

[JohnOne]

$Checksumcard = IniRead(@Desktopdir & "\file.ini", "Checksumcard", 873175, '*')

While your ini file would read thus

[Checksumcard]

873175=A

6707434=2

Would result in $Checksumcard holding the value "A"

I think

[GEOSoft]

It depends on what you are trying to return if the file is written exactly the way you show it. That is a a flat text file

To get everything between the "(" and ")" for all lines as an array then

$sStr = FileRead(@ScriptDir & "\somefile.txt")
$aRtn = _RtnVal()
If NOT @Error Then
    ;; Do whatever you want here
EndIf
Func _RtnVal()
    $aRegExp  = StringRegExp($sStr, "(?m:^)\((\d+,.+)\)", 3)
    If NOT @Error Then Return $aRegExp
    Return SetError(1)
EndFunc

If you want to include the "(" and ")" in the return then use

$sStr = FileRead(@ScriptDir & "\somefile.txt")
$aRtn = _RtnVal()
If NOT @Error Then
    ;; Do whatever you want here
EndIf
Func _RtnVal()
    $aRegExp  = StringRegExp($sStr, "(?m:^)(\(\d+,.+\))", 3)
    If NOT @Error Then Return $aRegExp
    Return SetError(1)
EndFunc

If you only want the card portion of a particular line then

$sStr = FileRead(@ScriptDir & "\somefile.txt")
$iRtn = _RtnVal(873175);; using your first example
If NOT @Error Then
    ;; Do whatever you want here
EndIf
Func _RtnVal($iChecksum)
    $aRegExp  = StringRegExp($sStr, "(?m:^)(\" & $iChecksum & ",(.+)\)", 1)
    If NOT @Error Then Return $aRegExp[0]
    Return SetError(1)
EndFunc