Match string in file?

[blizzedout]

What would be the best way to match a string in a large file? And is there a size limit of the file your searching in?

[/dev/null]

What would be the best way to match a string in a large file? And is there a size limit of the file your searching in?

what do you mean by "match a string"? If you just want to know if a file contains a certain string, you can use the DOS command find. Usage: find "text" c:\largefile.txt . Should work fine with "large" files.

[MrCreatoR]

What would be the best way to match a string in a large file?

By match a string you mean like search a string in file?

From the help file:

15. What are the current technical limits of AutoIt v3?

Maximum string length: 2,147,483,647 characters

Therefore, if you read the file into a string, and the file contain more then 2,147,483,647 characters, you will run into problem. But, you don't have to read all file at once , you can do this by line each time:

$String = "test"
$File = @ScriptDir & "\test.txt"

$FindArr = _FindStrInFile($File, $String)
If IsArray($FindArr) And $FindArr[0] <> "" Then
    MsgBox(64, "Results", "The string <" & $String & "> was found in line # " & $FindArr[1] & @CR & "(" & $FindArr[0] & ")")
ElseIf $FindArr <> -1 Then
    MsgBox(48, "Results", "The string <" & $String & "> was not found in file <" & $File)
ElseIf $FindArr = -1 Then
    MsgBox(48, "Results", "The file <" & $File & "> was not found")
EndIf

Func _FindStrInFile($File, $String)
    If Not FileExists($File) Then Return -1
    Local $fOpen = FileOpen($File, 0), $LineCount = 0
    Dim $ret[2]
    While 1
        $LineCount += 1
        $CurrentLine = FileReadLine($fOpen)
        If @error = -1 Then ExitLoop
        If StringInStr($CurrentLine, $String) Then
            $ret[0] = $CurrentLine
            $ret[1] = $LineCount
        EndIf
    WEnd
    Return $ret
EndFunc

Edited February 6, 2007 by MsCreatoR

[SmOke_N]

What's wrong with StringInStr()?

[blizzedout]

What's wrong with StringInStr()?

well im running that function on a 120KB file and it takes like a whole second... and is there a better way to test more than one match than to just repeat it 100 times (any faster method?)

ahh i read the function and the issue was that the file i had used 11,000 lines. if its 1 line its 1 string.

Edited February 6, 2007 by blizzedout

[blizzedout]

i was able to get it to work in cmd prompt but cant seem to get autoit to use it and determine results.

[SmOke_N]

StringRegExp()

[blizzedout]

StringRegExp()

when i run the cmd find "text" c:\largefile.txt through autoit it returns a 0 even if its matching.

[SmOke_N]

when i run the cmd find "text" c:\largefile.txt through autoit it returns a 0 even if its matching.

It has to be used properly... how about showing us what you are looking for, and how you wrote it (Just an example) so we can tell you if it was correctly written.

[MrCreatoR]

What for you need run a cmd? use StringInStr or StringRegExp - if you like to read from console, then see in help file Run params:

Dim $iline
$ConsoleRead = Run(@ComSpec & ' /c find "text" C:\largefile.txt', '', @SW_HIDE, 2)

While 1
    $iline &= StdoutRead($ConsoleRead)
    If @error Then ExitLoop
WEnd

If StringInStr($iline, "text") Then MsgBox(0, "", $iline)