String Parsing

[modernes]

Hi,

I am trying to parse a string with data as follows:

xxxxxxxx

xxxxxxxx

xxxxxxxx

Name: Joe Blow

xxxxxxxx

xxxxxxxx

(where the x's represent random data)

What would be a good way to use to extract the name from the string?

[/dev/null]

What would be a good way to use to extract the name from the string?

StringSplit().

EDIT: Oh, wait. all the lines are ONE string?

Cheers

Kurt

Edited November 14, 2006 by /dev/null

[Paulie]

If you know how much of the random data there is on either side of the important stuff

Look at the "StringTrim*"Functions

If you don't know this Look at "StringRegExp"

Edited November 14, 2006 by Paulie

[xcal]

Just use _FileReadToArray(), run the array through a loop with an If StringInStr(),check for 'Name:', and do something if there's a match.

edit - badly formed sentence. ><

Edited November 14, 2006 by xcal

[modernes]

StringSplit().

EDIT: Oh, wait. all the lines are ONE string?

Cheers

Kurt

Yes, the whole thing is ONE string - would there be a way to read starting from "Name:" all the way to carriage return?

[SmOke_N]

Yes, the whole thing is ONE string - would there be a way to read starting from "Name:" all the way to carriage return?

Beta 3.2.1.12 ... Look at _StringBetween() and the StringRegExp option.

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Edited November 15, 2006 by SmOke_N

[mikehunt114]

This should return "Name: Joe Blow", and everything after it into $temp, if that helps.

$string = clipget()
$temp = StringInStr($string, "Name: Joe Blow")
$temp = StringMid($string, $temp)