mLipok Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) I checked all helpfile usually there is reference to: https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/FileFindFirstFile.htm But I do not find any description how to use "multiple wildcards". I was trying with out success. Anybody can help ? mLipok EDIT: Found Local $aFileList = _FileListToArrayRec($sFolderFullPath, '*.txt;*.pdf', 1, 0, 1,2) Edited March 11, 2015 by mLipok Signature beginning:* Please remember: "AutoIt"..... * Wondering who uses AutoIt and what it can be used for ? * Forum Rules ** ADO.au3 UDF * POP3.au3 UDF * XML.au3 UDF * IE on Windows 11 * How to ask ChatGPT for AutoIt Code * for other useful stuff click the following button: Spoiler Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind. My contribution (my own projects): * Debenu Quick PDF Library - UDF * Debenu PDF Viewer SDK - UDF * Acrobat Reader - ActiveX Viewer * UDF for PDFCreator v1.x.x * XZip - UDF * AppCompatFlags UDF * CrowdinAPI UDF * _WinMergeCompare2Files() * _JavaExceptionAdd() * _IsBeta() * Writing DPI Awareness App - workaround * _AutoIt_RequiredVersion() * Chilkatsoft.au3 UDF * TeamViewer.au3 UDF * JavaManagement UDF * VIES over SOAP * WinSCP UDF * GHAPI UDF - modest begining - comunication with GitHub REST API * ErrorLog.au3 UDF - A logging Library * Include Dependency Tree (Tool for analyzing script relations) * Show_Macro_Values.au3 * My contribution to others projects or UDF based on others projects: * _sql.au3 UDF * POP3.au3 UDF * RTF Printer - UDF * XML.au3 UDF * ADO.au3 UDF * SMTP Mailer UDF * Dual Monitor resolution detection * * 2GUI on Dual Monitor System * _SciLexer.au3 UDF * SciTE - Lexer for console pane * Useful links: * Forum Rules * Forum etiquette * Forum Information and FAQs * How to post code on the forum * AutoIt Online Documentation * AutoIt Online Beta Documentation * SciTE4AutoIt3 getting started * Convert text blocks to AutoIt code * Games made in Autoit * Programming related sites * Polish AutoIt Tutorial * DllCall Code Generator * Wiki: * Expand your knowledge - AutoIt Wiki * Collection of User Defined Functions * How to use HelpFile * Good coding practices in AutoIt * OpenOffice/LibreOffice/XLS Related: WriterDemo.au3 * XLS/MDB from scratch with ADOX IE Related: * How to use IE.au3 UDF with AutoIt v3.3.14.x * Why isn't Autoit able to click a Javascript Dialog? * Clicking javascript button with no ID * IE document >> save as MHT file * IETab Switcher (by LarsJ ) * HTML Entities * _IEquerySelectorAll() (by uncommon) * IE in TaskScheduler * IE Embedded Control Versioning (use IE9+ and HTML5 in a GUI) * PDF Related: * How to get reference to PDF object embeded in IE * IE on Windows 11 * I encourage you to read: * Global Vars * Best Coding Practices * Please explain code used in Help file for several File functions * OOP-like approach in AutoIt * UDF-Spec Questions * EXAMPLE: How To Catch ConsoleWrite() output to a file or to CMD *I also encourage you to check awesome @trancexx code: * Create COM objects from modules without any demand on user to register anything. * Another COM object registering stuff * OnHungApp handler * Avoid "AutoIt Error" message box in unknown errors * HTML editor * winhttp.au3 related : * https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/206771-winhttpau3-download-problem-youre-speaking-plain-http-to-an-ssl-enabled-server-port/ "Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto" - Publius Terentius Afer"Program are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers and execute" - Donald Knuth, "The Art of Computer Programming" , be and \\//_. Anticipating Errors : "Any program that accepts data from a user must include code to validate that data before sending it to the data store. You cannot rely on the data store, ...., or even your programming language to notify you of problems. You must check every byte entered by your users, making sure that data is the correct type for its field and that required fields are not empty." Signature last update: 2023-04-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted March 11, 2015 Moderators Share Posted March 11, 2015 mLipok,Both FileListToArray & _FileListToArray pass the filter directly to Windows, so you can have only the single filter. _FileListToArrayRec scans all items and uses a Regex to pick out those that match - hence you can have several filters, but with a corresponding execution time penalty. M23 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...
iamtheky Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Why does arrayconcatenate use Const byref? I was clarifying to myself the 'execution time penalty' , so in exploring running two separate FLTA commands and concatenating the arrays -vs- a single FLTARec noticed this feature of _arrayconcatenate which seems unnecessary to the untrained eye. Is it a speed thing? expandcollapse popup#include <File.au3> #include <Array.au3> _ArrayDisplay( _ArrayConcatenate1(_FileListToArray(@ScriptDir , "*.zip") , _FileListToArray(@ScriptDir , "*.docx"))) ;~ _ArrayDisplay(_ArrayConcatenate(_FileListToArray(@ScriptDir , "*.zip") , _FileListToArray(@ScriptDir , "*.docx"))) Func _ArrayConcatenate1($avArray_Tgt, $avArray_Src, $iStart = 1) ;~ If $iStart = Default Then $iStart = 0 If Not IsArray($avArray_Tgt) Then Return SetError(1, 0, -1) If Not IsArray($avArray_Src) Then Return SetError(2, 0, -1) Local $iDim_Total_Tgt = UBound($avArray_Tgt, $UBOUND_DIMENSIONS) Local $iDim_Total_Src = UBound($avArray_Src, $UBOUND_DIMENSIONS) Local $iDim_1_Tgt = UBound($avArray_Tgt, $UBOUND_ROWS) Local $iDim_1_Src = UBound($avArray_Src, $UBOUND_ROWS) If $iStart < 0 Or $iStart > $iDim_1_Src - 1 Then Return SetError(6, 0, -1) Switch $iDim_Total_Tgt Case 1 If $iDim_Total_Src <> 1 Then Return SetError(4, 0, -1) ReDim $avArray_Tgt[$iDim_1_Tgt + $iDim_1_Src - $iStart] For $i = $iStart To $iDim_1_Src - 1 $avArray_Tgt[$iDim_1_Tgt + $i - $iStart] = $avArray_Src[$i] Next Case 2 If $iDim_Total_Src <> 2 Then Return SetError(4, 0, -1) Local $iDim_2_Tgt = UBound($avArray_Tgt, $UBOUND_COLUMNS) If UBound($avArray_Src, $UBOUND_COLUMNS) <> $iDim_2_Tgt Then Return SetError(5, 0, -1) ReDim $avArray_Tgt[$iDim_1_Tgt + $iDim_1_Src - $iStart][$iDim_2_Tgt] For $i = $iStart To $iDim_1_Src - 1 For $j = 0 To $iDim_2_Tgt - 1 $avArray_Tgt[$iDim_1_Tgt + $i - $iStart][$j] = $avArray_Src[$i][$j] Next Next Case Else Return SetError(3, 0, -1) EndSwitch _ArrayDelete($avArray_Tgt , 0) Return $avArray_Tgt EndFunc ;==>_ArrayConcatenate ,-. .--. ________ .-. .-. ,---. ,-. .-. .-. .-. |(| / /\ \ |\ /| |__ __||| | | || .-' | |/ / \ \_/ )/ (_) / /__\ \ |(\ / | )| | | `-' | | `-. | | / __ \ (_) | | | __ | (_)\/ | (_) | | .-. | | .-' | | \ |__| ) ( | | | | |)| | \ / | | | | | |)| | `--. | |) \ | | `-' |_| (_) | |\/| | `-' /( (_)/( __.' |((_)-' /(_| '-' '-' (__) (__) (_) (__) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mLipok Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Melba23 Thanks for claryfication. mLipok Signature beginning:* Please remember: "AutoIt"..... * Wondering who uses AutoIt and what it can be used for ? * Forum Rules ** ADO.au3 UDF * POP3.au3 UDF * XML.au3 UDF * IE on Windows 11 * How to ask ChatGPT for AutoIt Code * for other useful stuff click the following button: Spoiler Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind. My contribution (my own projects): * Debenu Quick PDF Library - UDF * Debenu PDF Viewer SDK - UDF * Acrobat Reader - ActiveX Viewer * UDF for PDFCreator v1.x.x * XZip - UDF * AppCompatFlags UDF * CrowdinAPI UDF * _WinMergeCompare2Files() * _JavaExceptionAdd() * _IsBeta() * Writing DPI Awareness App - workaround * _AutoIt_RequiredVersion() * Chilkatsoft.au3 UDF * TeamViewer.au3 UDF * JavaManagement UDF * VIES over SOAP * WinSCP UDF * GHAPI UDF - modest begining - comunication with GitHub REST API * ErrorLog.au3 UDF - A logging Library * Include Dependency Tree (Tool for analyzing script relations) * Show_Macro_Values.au3 * My contribution to others projects or UDF based on others projects: * _sql.au3 UDF * POP3.au3 UDF * RTF Printer - UDF * XML.au3 UDF * ADO.au3 UDF * SMTP Mailer UDF * Dual Monitor resolution detection * * 2GUI on Dual Monitor System * _SciLexer.au3 UDF * SciTE - Lexer for console pane * Useful links: * Forum Rules * Forum etiquette * Forum Information and FAQs * How to post code on the forum * AutoIt Online Documentation * AutoIt Online Beta Documentation * SciTE4AutoIt3 getting started * Convert text blocks to AutoIt code * Games made in Autoit * Programming related sites * Polish AutoIt Tutorial * DllCall Code Generator * Wiki: * Expand your knowledge - AutoIt Wiki * Collection of User Defined Functions * How to use HelpFile * Good coding practices in AutoIt * OpenOffice/LibreOffice/XLS Related: WriterDemo.au3 * XLS/MDB from scratch with ADOX IE Related: * How to use IE.au3 UDF with AutoIt v3.3.14.x * Why isn't Autoit able to click a Javascript Dialog? * Clicking javascript button with no ID * IE document >> save as MHT file * IETab Switcher (by LarsJ ) * HTML Entities * _IEquerySelectorAll() (by uncommon) * IE in TaskScheduler * IE Embedded Control Versioning (use IE9+ and HTML5 in a GUI) * PDF Related: * How to get reference to PDF object embeded in IE * IE on Windows 11 * I encourage you to read: * Global Vars * Best Coding Practices * Please explain code used in Help file for several File functions * OOP-like approach in AutoIt * UDF-Spec Questions * EXAMPLE: How To Catch ConsoleWrite() output to a file or to CMD *I also encourage you to check awesome @trancexx code: * Create COM objects from modules without any demand on user to register anything. * Another COM object registering stuff * OnHungApp handler * Avoid "AutoIt Error" message box in unknown errors * HTML editor * winhttp.au3 related : * https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/206771-winhttpau3-download-problem-youre-speaking-plain-http-to-an-ssl-enabled-server-port/ "Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto" - Publius Terentius Afer"Program are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers and execute" - Donald Knuth, "The Art of Computer Programming" , be and \\//_. Anticipating Errors : "Any program that accepts data from a user must include code to validate that data before sending it to the data store. You cannot rely on the data store, ...., or even your programming language to notify you of problems. You must check every byte entered by your users, making sure that data is the correct type for its field and that required fields are not empty." Signature last update: 2023-04-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted March 11, 2015 Moderators Share Posted March 11, 2015 boththose,The function uses ByRef to avoid making copies of the arrays within the function and so wasting memory. The source is also made Const to prevent any inadvertent changes being made to it within the function. The default for the $iStart parameter is preset to 0 in the case where the parameter is not defined - and the first line checks for the Default keyword and set the parameter to the default value if required. Hence the 3 lines which follow are functionally identical:_ArrayConcatenate($aArrayTarget, $aArraySource,) ; Not defined so uses default value _ArrayConcatenate($aArrayTarget, $aArraySource, 0) ; Defined as 0 _ArrayConcatenate($aArrayTarget, $aArraySource, Default) ; Defined as default and changed to 0 in the functionI hope that explains it to your satisfaction. M23 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...
iamtheky Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) Yes ty, space/speed/validation were my initial guesses, im glad its only one of them. Now for a super dumb question regarding the copy behavior: Is there a way of constructing a func that allows functions to be passed, whilst still avoiding making copies? *btw _FileListToArrayRec is noticeably faster than my current concatenation efforts for large directories. Edited March 11, 2015 by boththose ,-. .--. ________ .-. .-. ,---. ,-. .-. .-. .-. |(| / /\ \ |\ /| |__ __||| | | || .-' | |/ / \ \_/ )/ (_) / /__\ \ |(\ / | )| | | `-' | | `-. | | / __ \ (_) | | | __ | (_)\/ | (_) | | .-. | | .-' | | \ |__| ) ( | | | | |)| | \ / | | | | | |)| | `--. | |) \ | | `-' |_| (_) | |\/| | `-' /( (_)/( __.' |((_)-' /(_| '-' '-' (__) (__) (_) (__) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted March 11, 2015 Moderators Share Posted March 11, 2015 boththose,If you mean "allows variables to be passed, whilst still avoiding making copies" then that is exactly what ByRef does - if not then I am afraid I do not understand the question. >M23 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...
iamtheky Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) in my post, I simply took the byref out and I can pass _FileListToArray as a parameter to _ArrayConcatenate. With the byref in you are unable to do that. I did some other clean up for the returned array's sake, but taking the byrefs out fixes the errors. So is there a solution that allows me to pass _FileListToArray as a parameter for _ArrayConcatenate, that would still ensure a copy of the returned array is not being made by the function, or is that even a concern when doing it that way? Edited March 11, 2015 by boththose ,-. .--. ________ .-. .-. ,---. ,-. .-. .-. .-. |(| / /\ \ |\ /| |__ __||| | | || .-' | |/ / \ \_/ )/ (_) / /__\ \ |(\ / | )| | | `-' | | `-. | | / __ \ (_) | | | __ | (_)\/ | (_) | | .-. | | .-' | | \ |__| ) ( | | | | |)| | \ / | | | | | |)| | `--. | |) \ | | `-' |_| (_) | |\/| | `-' /( (_)/( __.' |((_)-' /(_| '-' '-' (__) (__) (_) (__) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted March 11, 2015 Moderators Share Posted March 11, 2015 boththose,I see what you mean now. I am afraid I cannot answer that question - you would need someone with access to the AutoIt source code. But personally I have never really liked nesting functions to the level you are trying in your code above - too much chance for something to go wrong. And given the overall "speed" ( ) of AutoIt, I am not sure that you gain that much either. M23 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...
iamtheky Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) All very true. Purely academic, I have zero clue what is actually going on when i hit F5. I will try to find a nice way of describing this and start another thread, thanks for entertaining my wandering. Edited March 11, 2015 by boththose ,-. .--. ________ .-. .-. ,---. ,-. .-. .-. .-. |(| / /\ \ |\ /| |__ __||| | | || .-' | |/ / \ \_/ )/ (_) / /__\ \ |(\ / | )| | | `-' | | `-. | | / __ \ (_) | | | __ | (_)\/ | (_) | | .-. | | .-' | | \ |__| ) ( | | | | |)| | \ / | | | | | |)| | `--. | |) \ | | `-' |_| (_) | |\/| | `-' /( (_)/( __.' |((_)-' /(_| '-' '-' (__) (__) (_) (__) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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