Modify a string

[brea]

I have 2 problems.

1st is that I'm not a programer so I'm learning as I go so I appreciate any help offered.

2nd is that I have a string that I want to modify before writing it or doing additional items with it.

Starting string

item1

item2item3item1

item2item3item1

item2item3item1

What I want to change it to

item1

item2

item3

item1

item2

item3

etc...

I'm taking an original file and parsing out the data I don't want in it and this is what I'm left with. I cannot figure out how to further format it properly. My thoughts are it would be by just adding a line feed character but I cannot seem to get that to work.

Again thanks for any help offered.

[MrMitchell]

I think it depends on the actual data, but look into the StringSplit() and StringRegExp() functions. Also maybe StringReplace()...or just all the string functions in general

[brea]

That's where I've been at. Here's what I'm using right now.

$info1 = StringRegExpReplace($info, "$", " {"&@CRLF&"}$")

Basically I want to find a given string and add a line feed but I just cannot seem to get the syntax right. I've tried a few differnt things without success.

I've been able to get it to add a space where I need by doing the following so I figure my issue is just understanding ascii characters and how to add them.

$info1 = StringRegExpReplace($info, "$", " $")

Edited June 16, 2010 by brea

[UEZ]

Try this:

#include <Array.au3>
$string = "item1" & @CRLF & _
         "item2item3item1" & @CRLF & _
         "item2item3item1" & @CRLF & _
         "item2item3item1"
$aRegExp = StringRegExp($string, "(?i)item[\d]+", 3)
_ArrayDisplay($aRegExp)

BR,

UEZ

[GEOSoft]

$info1 = StringRegExpReplace($info, "(?m:^|\n)(.+\v+)", "$1" & @CRLF)

EDIT: look in my signature for a tool to test the expressions.

Edited June 16, 2010 by GEOSoft

[brea]

So basically what I see is that I need to read up on regular expressions to understand them better right?

I can copy your work but that won't help me the next time I need to do something similar.