Copy and and replace Text From One file to another - (Moved)

[dascondor]

So basically need to pull text from a .txt file or .sql and use that text to replace something within a different file.

 

First File:

jumps

 

Or:

Text1 = jumps

Text2 = fence

Second File:

My Dog XXXXX over the YYYYY.

 

 

After Script:

My Dog jumps over the fence

 

I have found a good start, I'm basic programmer at best, I have some experience but this gets out of my wheel house.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

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#include <File.au3>

Global $TestFile = @ScriptDir & "\test.txt"
Dim $MyArray

_FileReadToArray($TestFile, $MyArray)
For $i = 1 To $MyArray[0]
    If StringInStr($MyArray[$i], "street") Then $MyArray[$i] = StringReplace($MyArray[$i], "street", "road")
Next
_FileWriteFromArray($TestFile, $MyArray, 1)

 

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[JLogan3o13]

Moved to the appropriate forum, as the Developer General Discussion forum very clearly states:

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General development and scripting discussions. If it's super geeky and you don't know where to put it - it's probably here.

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Do not create AutoIt-related topics here, use the AutoIt General Help and Support or AutoIt Technical Discussion forums.

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[FrancescoDiMuro]

Hi @dascondor, and welcome to the AutoIt forums 

The script you posted seems have the behaviour you described.

What should it do more?

Edited March 11, 2019 by FrancescoDiMuro

[dascondor]

@FrancescoDiMuro Thanks,

The Script isn't able to pull text from another file then use that text as the source to replace. 

so source text like this:

Before:

 

System= Example1

Distract= Example2

Type= Example3

 

Source File:

Example1= Text1

Example2= Text2

Example3= Text3

 

Existing File:

 

System= Text1

Distract= Text2

Type= Text3

 

I have basic script that does a very very basic version that just replaces 1 text at a time from 1 file. I trying to do multiple different  Texts and multiple different files.

[dascondor]

I can figure the Replace text part of this. I really just need Help with the pulling text from a source file then using those different texts.

 

Such as:

Source File:

Text1= System
Text2= File
Text3= Documents

File:
Text1 is Down
Text2 is located in Text3.


Aftermath:
System is Down
File is located in Documents.

 

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@dascondor
You could do something like this:

#include <Array.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>

Global $strSourceFileName = @ScriptDir & "\SourceFile.txt", _
       $strReplacementFileName = @ScriptDir & "\ReplacementFile.txt", _
       $strReplacementsFileContent, _
       $arrReplacements[0][2]   ; Array in which there are all the TextToFind|TextToReplace elements


; Read the file in which replacements have to be done
$strReplacementsFileContent = FileRead($strReplacementFileName)

; Display the file content before the replacements
MsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION, "Before the replacement", $strReplacementsFileContent)

; Create the array $arrReplacements
_ArrayAdd($arrReplacements, StringRegExpReplace(FileRead($strSourceFileName), '([^=]+)=\s(.+)', '$1|$2'))

; Do all the replacements in the file
For $i = 0 To UBound($arrReplacements) - 1 Step 1
     $strReplacementsFileContent = StringRegExpReplace($strReplacementsFileContent, $arrReplacements[$i][0], $arrReplacements[$i][1])
Next

; Display the file content after the replacements
MsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION, "After the replacement", $strReplacementsFileContent)

SourceFile.txt content:

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Text1= System
Text2= File
Text3= Documents

ReplacementFile.txt content:

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Text1 is Down
Text2 is located in Text3.

Edited March 12, 2019 by FrancescoDiMuro

[caramen]

@FrancescoDiMuro just for my understanding is there any reason for the global scope of 

$strSourceFileName

Please  ?

[BrewManNH]

  On 3/12/2019 at 3:01 PM, caramen said:

is there any reason for the global scope of 

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How would you have declared it? It's not in a function, and other than the UDF functions, there aren't any in the snippet, so Global is the only reasonable declaration of it.

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@caramen
From Variables section in the Wiki:

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For example, you can declare a variable as Global within a function - although you may get a gentle reminder when you run your script within SciTE that this is not recommended.
But there is no point declaring any variables in the main body of a script as Local - they will be Global regardless.

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[caramen]

I should precise my question becose I know all these already, I mean why do you specify it s global there ? 

 

Edit: If you remove the Global there everything will be fine right ?

Edited March 12, 2019 by caramen

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@caramen
If you read the link attached in the previous post, there is clearely stated:

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But there is no point declaring any variables in the main body of a script as Local - they will be Global regardless.

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[BrewManNH]

So, you're asking why he's doing the right thing by declaring the variables, rather than which scope he's using?

Good coding practice tells you you should always declare your variables with the proper scope. Without the Global, he'd need a new line for all of the variables he's declaring, which in this case he is by using the continuation character, but didn't need to. It's true, that the variables would have been automatically declared in the global scope, but he's showing the proper method.

[caramen]

😱Oh after my fourth watch of the code. Haha i missed the "_" Damn it ok i got it now. It is totaly more clear.

Edited March 12, 2019 by caramen

[mikell]

  On 3/11/2019 at 8:18 PM, dascondor said:

Example1= Text
Example2= Text2
Example3= Text3

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Such a formatting makes me feel that using a .ini file - and Ini* funcs - could make the whole thing much easier 
Something like this :

"source.ini" :
[source]
Text1= System
Text2= File
Text3= Documents

"file.txt" :
Text1 is Down
Text2 is located in Text3.

$sources = IniReadSection("source.ini", "source")
$txt = FileRead("file.txt")
For $i = 1 to $sources[0][0]
   $txt = StringReplace($txt, $sources[$i][0], $sources[$i][1])
Next
Msgbox(0,"", $txt)

and using several different sections in the .ini could allow various treatments

 

Edited March 12, 2019 by mikell