replacing part of a line of text

[vickerps]

I want to replace part of a line of text

For example

this is line 1

this is line 2

this is line 3

this is line 23 the number is NO

this is line 24 the number is NO

this is line 25

this is line 33 the number is NO

The number you require is NO

That annoying number you want is NO

Please phone NO for assistance

How do i replace 'NO' with say '12345678' throughout the text file

hope this make sense

[Davman]

Scan the entire file line by line, set variable to the line contents

$text = StringReplace("<line contents>", "NO", "123456789")

Write string back to the line you read out of.

[vickerps]

how do write the string back to the text file

[sugi]

You might want to check the help file for anything that contains "file" or "write" in its name or ask about the specific problems you have.

Edited July 23, 2004 by sugi

[Davman]

I believe what sugi meant to say was:

FileWriteLine(<filename>, <line>)

[vickerps]

thanks i figured it out after i spent the time to look at it properly

_FileReadToArray( "c:\list.txt", $temp )    

For $n = 1 to $temp[0]

    $temp[$n]=  StringReplace($temp[$n],$MidToChange, Guiread($MID))
     FileWrite("tempfilename.txt",$temp[$n])
    
    IF $n < $temp[0] THEN FileWrite("tempfilename.txt",@lf)

Next

FileCopy("tempfilename.txt","c:\list.txt",1)
FileDelete("tempfilename.txt")