Arrays

[the_lord_mephy]

What I want to do is to first get the amount of lines in a txt file using _FileCountLines. Then I want to create an array of the same amount of elements as the amount of lines in the txt file. Finally, I want to store each line with its place in the file corresponding with the subscript in which it is stored.

[Jon]

What I want to do is to first get the amount of lines in a txt file using _FileCountLines. Then I want to create an array of the same amount of elements as the amount of lines in the txt file. Finally, I want to store each line with its place in the file corresponding with the subscript in which it is stored.

There's a standard include for this. This is what it looks like:

;===============================================================================
;
; Description:    Reads the specified file into an array.
; Syntax:          _FileReadToArray( $sFilePath, $aArray )
; Parameter(s):  $sFilePath - Path and filename of the file to be read
;                  $aArray  - The array to store the contents of the file
; Requirement(s):   None
; Return Value(s):  On Success - Returns 1
;                  On Failure - Returns 0 and sets @error = 1
; Author(s):        Jonathan Bennett <jon at hiddensoft com>
; Note(s):        None
;
;===============================================================================
Func _FileReadToArray($sFilePath, ByRef $aArray)
;==============================================
; Local Constant/Variable Declaration Section
;==============================================
    Local $hFile
    
    $hFile = FileOpen($sFilePath, 0)
    
    If $hFile = -1 Then
        SetError(1)
        Return 0
    EndIf
    
    $aArray = StringSplit( FileRead($hFile, FileGetSize($sFilePath)), @LF)
    
    FileClose($hFile)
    Return 1
EndFunc  ;==>_FileReadToArray

[the_lord_mephy]

Alright, that works, but now I want to split the text of each line with Delimeters of | and store the first side of the | in one array and the second side in another.

[scriptkitty]

It looks like you have only one delimiter per line.

ok, lets say you have file A:

bob|5

greg|6

sam|10

when you use that function it makes array x

$x[]

now you can make a different array from the first

$count=ubound($x)

Dim $y[$count][2] ;

next set up a loop

for $i=1 to $count

$data=StringSplit($x[$i],"|") ; data becomes an array

if $data[0]=2 then

$y[$i][0]=$data[1] ;place first half in first part of array

$y[$i][1]=$data[2] ;place second half in second part of array

else

msgbox(1,"Error","Bad data in file")

endif

next

I left the actual programming up to you, but that is one way.