EndFunc Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Ok, This one should be fairly simple but yet it's not. I always have a hard time with string manipulation. What Im trying to do is parse a text file line. Get the find a string in the line and get the string next to it. This is an example. Here is the lines in the file Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 Local Area Connection 5 7 Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 #2 Local Area Connection 6 7 I want to find the string Local Area Connection and the get the number to the right. 5 or 6. This what I tried and didn't come out as expected. $line = "Intel(R) Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 #2 Local Area Connection 6 7" If StringInStr($line, "X520-T2 #2") Then $new = StringRight(StringInStr($line, "Local Area Connection"), 2) MsgBox(0, "Line read:", $new) EndIf That doesn't really work. So not sure of the best method. Thanks EndFuncAutoIt is the shiznit. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOne Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 (edited) $String = "Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 Local Area Connection 5 7" $ConnectionNumber = StringMid($String,StringInStr($String, "Local Area Connection ") + 22,1) MsgBox(0,"",$ConnectionNumber) EDIT: autoit tags failing. Edited September 12, 2011 by JohnOne AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndFunc Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Brilliant! I hardly use StringMid and took me a moment to understand how your answer worked. I've been racking my brain and I thought I was pretty good at AutoIt LOL. oh well. Thanks for that! EndFuncAutoIt is the shiznit. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 As well as StringMid() you could use _StringBetween($sString, "Local Area Connection ", " ") UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndFunc Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 As well as StringMid() you could use _StringBetween($sString, "Local Area Connection ", " ") Very true and looked at that function but didn't think to use the whitespace as a string. Also very nice. Thanks EndFuncAutoIt is the shiznit. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff59 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) option 3 ( of probably 20 possible): $string = "Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 Local Area Connection 5 7" $result = StringRegExp($string, "Local Area Connection\s+(\w+)", 1) MsgBox(1,"",$result[0]) Edit: removed code tags Edited September 14, 2011 by Spiff59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndFunc Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) Thanks all for the replies. I have a follow up to this question. How would you go about finding what the whole number if you didn't know if it was single digit or double digit? for instance what if it was Local Area Connection 10 instead and you needed the script to just parse out the number. Using the methods above it would only give you the 1 instead of 10. How can you account for any size number? Can't figure that out. Guiness's method for this part seemed promising but keeps returning 0. Edited September 14, 2011 by EndFunc EndFuncAutoIt is the shiznit. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Guiness' script should get that for you as it's looking for anything that's between the words "Local Area Connection " and the next space character. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) And it returns an Array not a String e.g. $aArray = _StringBetween(...) you should use $aArray[0] Edited September 14, 2011 by guinness UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndFunc Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 And it returns an Array not a String e.g. $aArray = _StringBetween(...) you should use $aArray[0] Thanks problem is sometimes it puts more than one space after the words. Like some queries have a tabbed space and not a single space so then that doesn't work either. If I use stringStripWS it removes the spaces which is also the delimiter in this case. This shouldn't be that hard but apparently more than I thought. lol EndFuncAutoIt is the shiznit. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 What about?4 = strip double (or more) spaces between words UDF List: _AdapterConnections() • _AlwaysRun() • _AppMon() • _AppMonEx() • _ArrayFilter/_ArrayReduce • _BinaryBin() • _CheckMsgBox() • _CmdLineRaw() • _ContextMenu() • _ConvertLHWebColor()/_ConvertSHWebColor() • _DesktopDimensions() • _DisplayPassword() • _DotNet_Load()/_DotNet_Unload() • _Fibonacci() • _FileCompare() • _FileCompareContents() • _FileNameByHandle() • _FilePrefix/SRE() • _FindInFile() • _GetBackgroundColor()/_SetBackgroundColor() • _GetConrolID() • _GetCtrlClass() • _GetDirectoryFormat() • _GetDriveMediaType() • _GetFilename()/_GetFilenameExt() • _GetHardwareID() • _GetIP() • _GetIP_Country() • _GetOSLanguage() • _GetSavedSource() • _GetStringSize() • _GetSystemPaths() • _GetURLImage() • _GIFImage() • _GoogleWeather() • _GUICtrlCreateGroup() • _GUICtrlListBox_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_CreateArray() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveCSV() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveHTML() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveTxt() • _GUICtrlListView_SaveXML() • _GUICtrlMenu_Recent() • _GUICtrlMenu_SetItemImage() • _GUICtrlTreeView_CreateArray() • _GUIDisable() • _GUIImageList_SetIconFromHandle() • _GUIRegisterMsg() • _GUISetIcon() • _Icon_Clear()/_Icon_Set() • _IdleTime() • _InetGet() • _InetGetGUI() • _InetGetProgress() • _IPDetails() • _IsFileOlder() • _IsGUID() • _IsHex() • _IsPalindrome() • _IsRegKey() • _IsStringRegExp() • _IsSystemDrive() • _IsUPX() • _IsValidType() • _IsWebColor() • _Language() • _Log() • _MicrosoftInternetConnectivity() • _MSDNDataType() • _PathFull/GetRelative/Split() • _PathSplitEx() • _PrintFromArray() • _ProgressSetMarquee() • _ReDim() • _RockPaperScissors()/_RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock() • _ScrollingCredits • _SelfDelete() • _SelfRename() • _SelfUpdate() • _SendTo() • _ShellAll() • _ShellFile() • _ShellFolder() • _SingletonHWID() • _SingletonPID() • _Startup() • _StringCompact() • _StringIsValid() • _StringRegExpMetaCharacters() • _StringReplaceWholeWord() • _StringStripChars() • _Temperature() • _TrialPeriod() • _UKToUSDate()/_USToUKDate() • _WinAPI_Create_CTL_CODE() • _WinAPI_CreateGUID() • _WMIDateStringToDate()/_DateToWMIDateString() • Au3 script parsing • AutoIt Search • AutoIt3 Portable • AutoIt3WrapperToPragma • AutoItWinGetTitle()/AutoItWinSetTitle() • Coding • DirToHTML5 • FileInstallr • FileReadLastChars() • GeoIP database • GUI - Only Close Button • GUI Examples • GUICtrlDeleteImage() • GUICtrlGetBkColor() • GUICtrlGetStyle() • GUIEvents • GUIGetBkColor() • Int_Parse() & Int_TryParse() • IsISBN() • LockFile() • Mapping CtrlIDs • OOP in AutoIt • ParseHeadersToSciTE() • PasswordValid • PasteBin • Posts Per Day • PreExpand • Protect Globals • Queue() • Resource Update • ResourcesEx • SciTE Jump • Settings INI • SHELLHOOK • Shunting-Yard • Signature Creator • Stack() • Stopwatch() • StringAddLF()/StringStripLF() • StringEOLToCRLF() • VSCROLL • WM_COPYDATA • More Examples... Updated: 22/04/2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndFunc Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 What about? Tried that..I'm trying to identify a NIC. using the device ID however the ID is after the nic name and there is more than one space between. What I'm doing doesn't seem to work.Here is an example $line = "Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 7 Other Stuff Here"$sString = StringMid($line,StringStripWS(StringInStr($line, "X520-T2", 0, 1), 4)+6,1)$nString = _StringBetween($line, $sString, " ") What I want is to be able to account for the extra space after T2 and get 7. But it could be a double digit sometimes like 10 or 12. etc. EndFuncAutoIt is the shiznit. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEOSoft Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) $sStr = StringRegExpReplace($sStr, "\h+", " ") That will get rid of horiz tabs and extra spaces. To get the values you wanted try this $sString = "Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 Local Area Connection 5 7" $sValue = StringRegExpReplace($sString, "(?i)(?m:^).+Connection\s*(\d\s*\d*).+"," $1") MsgBox(0, "Result", $sValue) Damn code box screws up when editing code. Edited September 14, 2011 by GEOSoft George Question about decompiling code? Read the decompiling FAQ and don't bother posting the question in the forums.Be sure to read and follow the forum rules. -AKA the AutoIt Reading and Comprehension Skills test.*** The PCRE (Regular Expression) ToolKit for AutoIT - (Updated Oct 20, 2011 ver:3.0.1.13) - Please update your current version before filing any bug reports. The installer now includes both 32 and 64 bit versions. No change in version number. Visit my Blog .. currently not active but it will soon be resplendent with news and views. Also please remove any links you may have to my website. it is soon to be closed and replaced with something else. "Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted September 14, 2011 Moderators Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) EndFunc, Sounds like you need to enter the murky world of StringRegExp. This sample has single/multiple digits, spaces and tabs:Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 Local Area Connection 5 7 Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 #2 Local Area Connection 16 7 Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 Local Area Connection 25 7 Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 #2 Local Area Connection 36 7And this script extracts what you want:$sText = "Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 Local Area Connection 5 7 " & _ "Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 #2 Local Area Connection 16 7 " $aArray = StringRegExp($sText, "(?U)Connection\h+(\H+)\h", 3) For $i = 0 To UBound($aArray) - 1 ConsoleWrite("Found: " & $aArray[$i] & @CRLF) NextSRE explanation:(?U) - Look for the smallest match Connection\h+ - Look for the text "Connection" followed by at least 1 horizontal white space (+H+) - Capture any following non-whitespace characters \h - Until we reach another whitespace character 3 - And put what is found into an arrayAny help? M23Edit: Beaten by the old fox again! Second Edit: Although at least I can post a solution! Edited September 14, 2011 by Melba23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOne Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) If you don't want to use regexp. $String = "Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 Local Area Connection 5 7" $String = StringStripWS($String,7) $ConnectionNumber = StringMid($String,StringInStr($String, "Local Area Connection ") + 22,1) MsgBox(0,"",$ConnectionNumber) Edited September 14, 2011 by JohnOne AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndFunc Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) Thanks everyone for your input. Always swift and great as usual. That's why I love AutoIT and the community. Everyone always has good suggestions and multiple solutions. I wish this was like Stackoverflow so I can give points and acceptance. LOL Thanks again. Edit: BTW I ended up using Melba's solution as it seem to fit the best for me based on various possibilities I'll encounter and the number of occurrences. Edited September 14, 2011 by EndFunc EndFuncAutoIt is the shiznit. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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