Ini Get Section Key And Value

[SmOke_N 203]

A bored thing again, it will return a 3 dimenisional array of all the sections / keys for the sections / and values for keys.

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For $i = 1 To 6
    IniWrite(@DesktopDir & '\MyIniTest.ini', "section 1", "Key" & $i, "val" & $i)
Next
For $i = 1 To 3
    IniWrite(@DesktopDir & '\MyIniTest.ini', "section 2", "Key" & $i, "val" & $i)
Next
Global $IniInfo = _IniGetSKV(@DesktopDir & '\MyIniTest.ini')
_ArrayIniDisplay($IniInfo, 'IniInfo')
Func _IniGetSKV($hIniLocation)
    ;Get All Sections
    Local $aSections = IniReadSectionNames($hIniLocation)
    If @error Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0)
    ;Get All The Keys and Values for Each section
    Local $aKeyValues[$aSections[0] + 1][1][3], $nCount;Added $nCount
    For $iCount = 1 To $aSections[0]
        $aKV = IniReadSection($hIniLocation, $aSections[$iCount])
        If @error Then ; If empty section then only get name
            $aKeyValues[$iCount][0][0] = 0
            $aKeyValues[$iCount][1][0] = $aSections[$iCount]
            ContinueLoop
        EndIf
        If $nCount < $aKV[0][0] Then;Added this condition statement
            $nCount = $aKV[0][0]
            ReDim $aKeyValues[$aSections[0] + 1][$aKV[0][0] + 1][3]
        EndIf
        $aKeyValues[$iCount][0][0] = $aKV[0][0];Added this
        For $xCount = 1 To $aKV[0][0]
            $aKeyValues[$iCount][$xCount][0] = $aSections[$iCount]
            $aKeyValues[$iCount][$xCount][1] = $aKV[$xCount][0]
            $aKeyValues[$iCount][$xCount][2] = $aKV[$xCount][1]
        Next
    Next
    $aKeyValues[0][0][0] = $aSections[0]
    Return $aKeyValues ;Return a 3 Dimensional Array
EndFunc   ;==>_IniGetSKV


Func _ArrayIniDisplay($aArray, $sTitle = '')
    If Not IsArray($aArray) Then SetError(1, 0, 0)
    Local $sIni = '[0][0][0] = ' & $aArray[0][0][0] & ' Sections' & @CR
    For $xCC = 1 To $aArray[0][0][0]
        $sIni &= @CR & '[' & $xCC & '][0][0] = ' & $aArray[$xCC][0][0] & ' Keys/Values' & @CR & _
            '[' & $xCC & '][1][0] = ' & $aArray[$xCC][1][0] & @CR ; Get section name from first line
        For $aCC = 1 To $aArray[$xCC][0][0]
            $sIni &= '[' & $xCC & '][' & $aCC & '][1] = ' & $aArray[$xCC][$aCC][1] & @CR & _
                '[' & $xCC & '][' & $aCC & '][2] = ' & $aArray[$xCC][$aCC][2] & @CR
        Next
    Next
    MsgBox(0, $sTitle, StringTrimRight($sIni, 1))
EndFunc

Edit:

Added $aKeyValues[0][0][0] = Ubound($aKeyValues, 1) - 1 for Cue

Edit:

Updated with Dickb's additions for checking for "blank" sections.

Edited October 6, 2006 by SmOke_N

[SmOke_N 203]

Changed the way the return was, it wasn't returning all the elements correctly.

Also added an _ArrayIniDisplay() for this specifically so you can view and or trouble shoot if need be.

[fisofo 0]

Intriguing... care to post your example file?

[SmOke_N 203]

Intriguing... care to post your example file?

If you run the above, it will make an example file

[Dickb 0]

Made two changes to fix bugs

• _IniGetSKV - handle empry sections
• _ArrayIniDisplay - display section name when only one key/value

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Global $IniInfo = _IniGetSKV(@ScriptDir & '\x.ini')
_ArrayIniDisplay($IniInfo, 'IniInfo')
Func _IniGetSKV($hIniLocation)
    ;Get All Sections
    Local $aSections = IniReadSectionNames($hIniLocation)
    If @error Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0)
    ;Get All The Keys and Values for Each section
    Local $aKeyValues[$aSections[0] + 1][1][3], $nCount;Added $nCount
    For $iCount = 1 To $aSections[0]
        $aKV = IniReadSection($hIniLocation, $aSections[$iCount])
        If @error Then ; If empty section then only get name
            $aKeyValues[$iCount][0][0] = 0
            $aKeyValues[$iCount][1][0] = $aSections[$iCount]
            ContinueLoop
        EndIf
        If $nCount < $aKV[0][0] Then;Added this condition statement
            $nCount = $aKV[0][0]
            ReDim $aKeyValues[$aSections[0] + 1][$aKV[0][0] + 1][3]
        EndIf
        $aKeyValues[$iCount][0][0] = $aKV[0][0];Added this
        For $xCount = 1 To $aKV[0][0]
            $aKeyValues[$iCount][$xCount][0] = $aSections[$iCount]
            $aKeyValues[$iCount][$xCount][1] = $aKV[$xCount][0]
            $aKeyValues[$iCount][$xCount][2] = $aKV[$xCount][1]
        Next
    Next
    $aKeyValues[0][0][0] = $aSections[0]
    Return $aKeyValues ;Return a 3 Dimensional Array
EndFunc   ;==>_IniGetSKV


Func _ArrayIniDisplay($aArray, $sTitle = '')
    If Not IsArray($aArray) Then SetError(1, 0, 0)
    Local $sIni = '[0][0][0] = ' & $aArray[0][0][0] & ' Sections' & @CR
    For $xCC = 1 To $aArray[0][0][0]
        $sIni &= @CR & '[' & $xCC & '][0][0] = ' & $aArray[$xCC][0][0] & ' Keys/Values' & @CR & _
            '[' & $xCC & '][1][0] = ' & $aArray[$xCC][1][0] & @CR ; Get section name from first line
        For $aCC = 1 To $aArray[$xCC][0][0]
            $sIni &= '[' & $xCC & '][' & $aCC & '][1] = ' & $aArray[$xCC][$aCC][1] & @CR & _
                '[' & $xCC & '][' & $aCC & '][2] = ' & $aArray[$xCC][$aCC][2] & @CR
        Next
    Next
    MsgBox(0, $sTitle, StringTrimRight($sIni, 1))
EndFunc

DickB

[SmOke_N 203]

Nice catch Dickb, I would have not thought of "empty" sections.

[Dickb 0]

Nice catch Dickb, I would have not thought of "empty" sections.

Well, I used an existing ini file with an empty section.

The program crashed and that gave me the idea that there might be something wrong

And I like a challenge, so I came up with this solution.

btw, thanks for the routine. It is usefull for me.

[jftuga 0]

I am not trying to hijack this thread, but this may be of interest, too...

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=26632 (post #4)

creates a dictionary with the prefix $dict_ (in the Global scope)

each $dict_ variable corresponds to a unique ini section, mapping it's keys to values

returns the number of dictionaries created (aka the number of sections in the ini file)

-John

[SmOke_N 203]

I am not trying to hijack this thread, but this may be of interest, too...

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=26632 (post #4)

-John

I'm not trying to hijack but here's the thread? J/K but I've always found that line humorous.

There's an issue with yours I believe in the StringStripWs(), you alter the text return that way and don't get a true return. That should be a user option not hard coded IMHO.

[jftuga 0]

There's an issue with yours I believe in the StringStripWs(), you alter the text return that way and don't get a true return. That should be a user option not hard coded IMHO.

But you can't have spaces in a variable name. If you had a section called [web browser settings], then the variable the script would try to create would be: $dict_web browser settings

Using StringStripWS it creates $dict_webbrowsersettings

-John

[SmOke_N 203]

But you can't have spaces in a variable name. If you had a section called [web browser settings], then the variable the script would try to create would be: $dict_web browser settings

Using StringStripWS it creates $dict_webbrowsersettings

-John

My mistake John, I didn't look entirely at what you were doing