Split text and put every line in array

[EmptySpace]

I never worked with arrays so I need some help.

I need to read whole .txt file

exmaple:

text2:text13
text2:text14
tex2t:text15
tex2t:text16
text2:text17
text2:text18

I mean I need to read every line of file and split text into arrays. So I could easy get whole only text2 list or text13/14/15...

Ahh, cant explain in english..

What I tried:

include 
Global $pw = FileOpen("location",0)

For $i = 1 To 1 Step -1

$hash = FileReadline($pw)
$pw = StringSplit($hash,":")
_ArrayDisplay($pw)

Next

So it splits first string. After it splited then I want script to write it in new .txt file.

Repeat it 6000 times.

[FireFox]

Hi,

There is a function for this : _FileReadToArray

Br, FireFox.

[lavascript]

I'm not fully understanding what you're trying to do, but if you need to read a file and have each line from the file as an array element, try:

#include <File.au3>
_FileReadToArray("location", ByRef $hash)

Edited February 27, 2013 by lavascript

[PhoenixXL]

Check this out

#include <Array.au3>

$String = _
"text2:text13" & @CRLF & _
"text2:text14" & @CRLF & _
"tex2t:text15" & @CRLF & _
"tex2t:text16" & @CRLF & _
"text2:text17" & @CRLF & _
"text2:text18"

Local $aRet = StringRegExp( $String, "[^:\v]+", 3 )
For $i = 0 To UBound($aRet ) -1 Step 2
ConsoleWrite( StringFormat( "First:%s\tSecond:%s\n", $aRet[$i], $aRet[$i+1] ) )
Next

[BrewManNH]

Or, using native functions, you can do it this way.

#include <FileConstants.au3>
Global $pw = FileOpen("location")
Global $hOutPutFile = FileOpen("newfile.txt", $FO_OVERWRITE)
While 1
    $hash = FileReadLine($pw)
    If @error = $EOF Then ExitLoop
    $aSplit = StringSplit($hash, ":")
    If $aSplit[0] > 1 Then
        For $i = 1 To $aSplit[0]
            FileWriteLine($hOutPutFile, $aSplit[$i])
        Next
    EndIf
WEnd
FileClose($pw)
FileClose($hOutPutFile)

Your main problem was because you reused the variable $pw from the FileOpen line in your StringSplit line, so it wouldn't read the next line of the file after that.

Edited February 27, 2013 by BrewManNH

[EmptySpace]

Thanks for help guys. Every code works fine. BrewManNH your script looks best but also I need to put strings in different output txts

[FireFox]

I'm not fully understanding what you're trying to do, but if you need to read a file and have each line from the file as an array element, try:

#include <File.au3>
_FileReadToArray("location", ByRef $hash)

No.

This is the correct version :

#include <File.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

Local $hash

_FileReadToArray("toto.txt", $hash)

_ArrayDisplay($hash)

I let you see why you can use the keyword ByRef here thanks to the helpfile.

Edited February 27, 2013 by FireFox

[EmptySpace]

Cant understand how it works.

FileWriteLine($hOutPutFile, $aSplit[$i])

If I want only write second string?

$aSplit[$i][2] or something?

Edited February 27, 2013 by EdgarT

[BrewManNH]

You'd need to use $aSplit[2] for the third item in the array. It's a 1D array so your line would cause an error. The first element in the array is the count.

Edited February 27, 2013 by BrewManNH

[EmptySpace]

Thanks!

[lavascript]

No.

This is the correct version :

#include <File.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

Local $hash

_FileReadToArray("toto.txt", $hash)

_ArrayDisplay($hash)

I let you see why you can use the keyword ByRef here thanks to the helpfile.

Sorry... I was just copying from the Help file, I've never actually used ByRef. But thanks! Now I see what it's for!

[guinness]

ByRef is fundamentally important to coding.

[FireFox]

Plus, you don't have to apologize, you did nothing wrong. We are all here to help each other in AutoIt scripting.