how not to read the first line of a txt file then display it then delete it and repeat?

[supadodger]

i dont actually need to delete the line but im not good enough at creating arrays or anything to have it just go down the file and read 1 line at a time

the file is like this

james

brown

john

brown

and i need to FileReadLine ("names.txt",1)

and have it cycle through the list.

the only way i have been able to get it is to fileread remove first line file delete then filewrite.

but then everytime its out i have to go copy my text file back and start it over.

Edited March 26, 2009 by supadodger

[BinaryBrother]

#Include <File.au3>
_FileReadtoArray(@SciptDir & "\file.txt",$Array)
For $N = 1 To $Array[0]
     MsgBox(0,"Test",$Array[$N])
Next

This will display a message box, and show the contents of each line of your file... Line by Line.

Array's are really awesome once you learn to use them, focus on that a bit more, and it will broaden your ability to program better.

Optionally to skip the first line, change "For $N = 1 To"... To "For $N = 2 To..."

Edited March 26, 2009 by BinaryBrother

[supadodger]

i figured id rather randomize and figured it out myself

heres wjhat i came up with.

$maclist = FileRead ("macs.txt")
$macalmost = StringSplit($maclist, @CRLF)
While 1
    $z1 = Random(1, 200,1)
$macread = $macalmost[$z1]
ClipPut ($macread)
msgbox (0,"",$macread)
wend

[GEOSoft]

StringSplit($maclist, @CRLF) will work in most situations but not all. Some files don't use @CR (html for example) so you are better off to either use _FileReadToArray() [prefered] or

$macList = StringStripCR(FileRead("macs.txt"))
$macalmost = StringSplit($maclist, @LF)