Please help me with reading lines from a TXT file!

[phatzilla]

Hi guys, currently my script uses a really bad method of fetching data from an ini file:

for $a = 1 to 6 step 1

$info1 = IniRead(@scriptdir & "\stuff.ini", "information", "info1" & $a, "NotFound")

$info2 = IniRead(@scriptdir & "\stuff.ini", "information", "info2" & $a, "NotFound")

so basically it goes like

info11=hello

info21=goodbye

But this is inefficient when i wish to switch out the ini file variables. I want my script to read from a text file in this manner:

each line of my text file would be something like

hello:goodbye

hello1:goodbye1

hello2:goodbye2

...

..

.

I want my script to take all the information BEFORE the ":" character and store it as one variable

I want my script to take all the information AFTER the ":" character and store it as ANOTHER variable.

each 'loop' would just take the NEXT line. any tips

[GEOSoft]

Back to the ini file for a moment. Can you explain the exact problem with it?

How do you have that ini set up? Is it using a proper structure for an Ini file or did you just write a bunch of lines as a flat file?

Have you looked at IniReadSection()?

Doing what you want with a simple text file isn't that dificult either but the proper Ini functions should be a better method.

Take a look at StringSplit() by the way.

[somdcomputerguy]

I want my script to take all the information BEFORE the ":" character and store it as one variable

I want my script to take all the information AFTER the ":" character and store it as ANOTHER variable.

Use StringSplit to do this.

[JohnOne]

Well I would not want to deprive you of the enjoyment of figuring out your script by writing it for you, I'll point you.

FileRead()

_FileReadLine()

_FileListToArray()

are amongs the functions you should get in touch with

StringSplit is another

If you use StringSplit() on the string "hello1:goodbye1" with the deliminater being ":" and the flag being 2

you will wind up with an array where $array[0] holds the value "hello1" and $array[1] holds the value "goodbye1"

Happy scripting.

EDIT: lol a lorry load of replys.

Edited June 15, 2010 by JohnOne

[GEOSoft]

Well I would not want to deprive you of the enjoyment of figuring out your script by writing it for you

Heaven forbid we should ever do that.

Besides, it's not in our job description to write someone's code and I don't see any code posted that we can help with so I guess we just wait it out.