Long String of Text into Several Short Strings

[PROGRAMPROGRAM]

Hello! I have searched all over the web for a similar question but I couldn't find the answer... here's an example of what I'm trying to accomplish:

Global $A1 = ('"C:\Desktop\File1.jpg" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\File2.jpg" ') ; <--- I want to split these so that they are on separate lines

; I want it to look something like this:

Global $A1 =
"C:\Desktop\File1.jpg"
"C:\Desktop\File2.jpg"

The thing is, I have several different texts that need to have quotes. So, to bypass this, I have to type everything in brackets, add the "&" symbol, and on top of that, I have to type it all on 1 line... That seems like a very long path for something so simple. Is there any easier way of doing this? Maybe even removing the need for brackets and dual quotes?

Thank you!

[iamtheky]

Global $sA1 = ('"C:\Desktop\File1.jpg" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\File2.jpg" ') ; <--- I want to split these so that they are on separate lines

$aA1 = stringsplit($sA1 , " " , 2)

msgbox(0, '' , $aA1[0] & @CRLF & $aA1[1])

[PROGRAMPROGRAM]

Hello "boththose"   

I considered using the String Split function, however, File1 and File2 were just shortened examples... my real files have very long path names and by splitting the string as you mentioned, it doesn't really change the fact that I must first type:

"$sA1 = Global $sA1 = ('"C:\Desktop\File1.jpg" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\File2.jpg" ')"

I understand what you did, but that isn't exactly what I wanted to accomplish... what I'm trying to do is send these words (file paths) to a website in order to upload images. So, I need each variable to equal different file paths as strings with quotes. So by doing this:

Global $A1 = ('"C:\Desktop\CAT.JPG" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\DOG.JPG" ')  ; & so on.....
; $A2 = and so on...

You can see, I may have lots and lots of file paths to include and by typing all of this into one long variable string would be very inconvenient (especially if I need to change them every now and then). That's why typing them on separate lines would be very helpful to read and change them accordingly.

I considered doing the method below, however, it keeps returning an error:

Global $A1

Func $A1()
Send(""C:\Desktop\CAT.JPG" ")
Send(""C:\Desktop\DOG.JPG" ")
EndFunc

Do
Send($A1) ; <--- types "C:\Desktop\CAT.JPG" and "C:\Desktop\DOG.JPG"
Send ("{ENTER}") ; <--- Hits enter to upload
$counter = $counter + 1
Until $counter = 3 ; repeats "x" amount of times

What am I doing wrong?

 

I'm a quick learner, I just need to be pointed in the right direction by someone advanced because I am new to programming. So, thank you for helping me "boththose"   Your knowledge will be used wisely.

Edited April 23, 2015 by PROGRAMPROGRAM

[TheSaint]

I'm not fully understanding what you are wanting here, but I notice you have double quotes inside double quotes, which doesn't work. You need to either have doubles inside singles or singles inside doubles.

i.e. Send('"C:DesktopCAT.JPG" ')

Your first line would be better like this -

Global $A1 = '"C:\Desktop\File1.jpg"|"C:\Desktop\File2.jpg"|"C:\Desktop\File3.jpg"'

Which you can then do a StringSplit on the pipe character.

We need to see more of your code, to better understand .... where you are getting your files (entries) from and where are they going, etc.

You should be asking this post in General Help & Support, not here, and you will find more people are likely to notice and help there.

[PROGRAMPROGRAM]

Basically, I'm trying to upload files - and to upload them, I need to make AutoIt type the file destination. Sometimes I need to upload several files per variable. So, I can go the long way:

Global $A1 = ('"C:\Desktop\CAT.JPG" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\DOG.JPG" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\TURTLE.JPG" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\COW.JPG" ') ; and so on..... 

I need to change the file names and destinations every now and then, so it won't be easy to find and change a particular file, as you can see, it would be a very long string all on one line. I basically want to make it like paragraphs of text. Something short and easy to read like this:

Global $A1 = 
('"C:\Desktop\CAT.JPG" ')
('"C:\Desktop\DOG.JPG" ')
('"C:\Desktop\TURTLE.JPG" ')
('"C:\Desktop\COW.JPG" ')

But that doesn't work.

Here's what my script looks like so far:

Global $counter = 0
Global $AMOUNT = 2

Global $A1 = ('"C:\Desktop\something (1).jpg" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\something (2).jpg" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\something (3).jpg" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\something (4).jpg" ')
Global $A2 = ('"C:\Desktop\somethingelse (0).jpg" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\somethingelse (1).jpg" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\somethingelse (2).jpg" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\somethingelse (3).jpg" ') & ('"C:\Desktop\somethingelse (4).jpg" ')
; It goes on and on with $A3, 4, 5, and 6
; As you can see, this becomes very long and messy with all the text on one line...

; then, I do this:

Do
; CREATES "$A + LOOP NUMBER"
Local $A = "A" & $counter+1
; TURNS $A INTO VARIABLE RATHER THAN TEXT AND TYPES THE TEXT IN THE VARIABLE LOCATED IN $A1 (2, 3, AND SO ON...)
send(eval(eval("A")))
; CLICKS "ENTER" ONCE FILES ARE SELECTED
Send ("{ENTER}")
; COUNTS LOOP BY +1
$counter = $counter + 1
; LOOPS UNTIL VARIABLE "$AMOUNT"
Until $counter = $AMOUNT

; The end...

What I'm asking is very simple, I just don't know how to make it work. Please help.

Thank you

Edited April 23, 2015 by PROGRAMPROGRAM

[Melba23]

PROGRAMPROGRAM,

Use the line extension operator:

Global $A1 = _
('"C:\Desktop\CAT.JPG" ') & _
('"C:\Desktop\DOG.JPG" ') & _ 
('"C:\Desktop\TURTLE.JPG" ') & _
('"C:\Desktop\COW.JPG" ')

Now all that is the same line.

M23

[ViciousXUSMC]

The & _ works I used to use that for long strings.

$msg = "this is " & _
"my really " & _
"really really " & _
"long string"
MsgBox(0, "", $msg)

The way I started to do it of late that feels a bit more organized to me is something like.

$msg2 = "this is "
$msg2 &= "my really "
$msg2 &= "really really "
$msg2 &= "long string"
MsgBox(0, "", $msg2)

[Melba23]

ViciousXUSMC,

The syntax in that second example is really useful when the total string gets very long and can bump into line length limits (4096 if I remember correctly) - otherwise I tend to stick with the line extension character. But thanks for pointing out the option.

M23

Edited April 23, 2015 by Melba23
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[PROGRAMPROGRAM]

Melba23, ViciousXUSMC... thank you both for your help - this was exactly what I was looking for!