Changing Line Breaks to " & @CRLF & "

[MvGulik]

shanet

It looks to me your trying to use a single character as a delimiter in two different data parts.

- Event string: when stored in a file -> using @CR+@LF as line(DATA SECTION) delimiter.

- Description string (sub part of Event data): can contain its own line-break(text formating) delimiters. assuming @CR or @CRLF

To solve something like that you need to add some way to make is possible to keep them apart.

Your Options:

- using a different (unique) character for one of the two delimiters. (see one of my earlier messages.)

- using a special character that indicated that the next character is to be taken as something special. ('\r' and '\n' method)

- adding additional delimiters to mark a change in data state. Like adding quote marks around text that can include true line-break characters. (Search for CSV specs for additional information/example on this method)

[BrewManNH]

The problem with the code Ascend4nt posted is it writes to more than one line, which as I said above is not how I want it done, thats the reason behind this thread is to keep it on one line.

Can you give an example of what you see with Acend4nt's code and an example of what you want it to look like? The larger the sample size the better understanding of what it is that you're looking for.

[shanet]

$txt=StringReplace($txt, @CRLF, '" & @CRLF & "' & @CRLF)

EDIT: That didnt quite work how I wanted it to, so the text to pay attention to is now in bold. (NOT THIS TEXT!!!)

As far as writing to the file goes, it works fine without the & @CRLF part highlighted here, however when I read the file, instead of line breaking, it shows the " & @CRLF & "

For example, it the text written in the file was this:

"Test Data" & @CRLF & "More test data"

it would display

"Test Data" & @CRLF & "More test data"

instead of a line break. Ideally, it would be:

Test Data

More test data

So thats now what I am trying to do.

shanet

Edited December 15, 2010 by shanet

[MvGulik]

???, You lost me/Not getting it. I'm out.

[shanet]

???, You lost me/Not getting it. I'm out.

OK, Try this:

Local $txt
$txt = FileReadLine("log.log", 1)

MsgBox(0, "", $txt)

Then, create a file in the same directory called log.log, containing the data:

Test Data" & @CRLF & "Line Two

Ideally, this would bring up a message box displaying:

Test Data

Line Two

However in practice, it actually displays:

Test Data" & @CRLF & "Line Two

I have tried variations such as:

-"Test Data" & @CRLF & "Line Two"

- Test Data & @CRLF & Line Two

- Test Data@CRLFLine Two

- Test Data" @CRLF " Line Two

Does anyone know the solution to this? Is it still too confusing?

Thanks,

shanet

Edited December 15, 2010 by shanet

[Melba23]

shanet,

Enclose the whole thing in quotes and use Execute.

Your file:

"Test Data" & @CRLF & "Line Two"

Your script:

Local $txt
$txt = FileReadLine("log.log", 1)

MsgBox(0, "", Execute($txt))

That gives me:

Test Data
line 2

in the MsgBox.

M23

[shanet]

shanet,

Enclose the whole thing in quotes and use Execute.

OMG!!! Im not gay but at the moment I LOVE YOU!!!!

Just kidding. But THANKYOU!!!

It works like a charm. 10 points!

shanet

[Melba23]

shanet,

I appreciate the sentiment, even if the expression left a little to be desired!

M23

[BrewManNH]

The reason it worked is because you're not adding the macro @CRLF when you do the string replace, you're adding the text @CRLF. The Execute statement turns the string into a statement and then gives you the correct result that you're looking for.

[shanet]

The reason it worked is because you're not adding the macro @CRLF when you do the string replace, you're adding the text @CRLF. The Execute statement turns the string into a statement and then gives you the correct result that you're looking for.

That's right

I learned something really valuable today.