Using data from an array

[ksmith247]

I seem to be a bit over my head in this one. Thanks to weaponx, I now have a list of file paths/names in an array. I need to open each file (they're plain text) and search for a particular text string. If I find the string, I will probably throw the file out. If I DON'T find the string, I will write the computer name to another file someplace.

My question is how do I get each element out of this array? Do I write the array to a file then read the file line by line? Surely not. I have been looking for a way to read the first element (each element is a path to a file), open the file, parse through then move on to the next element. Obviously I am not sure what to look for in the help file.

Can someone please point me in the right direction? -Thanks.

[weaponx]

This is easy stuff.

For $X = 0 to Ubound($array)-1
 If StringInStr(FileRead($array[$X]),"SEARCH STRING") Then
 FileDelete($array[$X])
 Else
 EndIf
 Next

Edited July 18, 2008 by weaponx

[JFee]

Look at the array information in the helpfile

$array[0] gets the first element, $array[1] the second, etc. It is usually a good Idea to have $arrray[0] contain the number of other entries so you know how many times to loop through.

[James]

Something like this:

Global $MyArray[4] = [0, 10, 20, 30]
$MyArray[0] = UBound($MyArray) - 1

For $i = 1 to $MyArray[0]
    ConsoleWrite($MyArray[$i] & @CRLF)
Next

There is probably a better way of doing it though.

[ksmith247]

This is my first shot at doing something other than ArrayDisplay. Never heard of Ubound before. As usual, it works just fine weaponx. Thanks.