Thanks again,
That looks closer to what I want..
...so when in the loop how do I parse the current line..
eg..check the current line for certain characters, and if it passes the
check I copy the string to a new entry in an array.
>From: "Steve Bernard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: String manipulation
>Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 00:56:36 -0500
>
>If you're trying to parse a text file line by line, it's typically done by
>looping over the file, as a list, using an appropriate EOL character(s) as
>the delimiter. In this case I'll use ASCII character 13, the carriage
>return.
>
>Try something like this (if it's what you need):
>
><CFSET int_count = 0>
><CFLOOP List="#FileContents#" Delimiters="#Chr(13)#" Index="idx">
> <CFSET int_count = (int_count + 1)>
> <CFOUTPUT>
> <!--- 'idx' will be a line of the file --->
> <!--- Ex. Line 1: This is the first line.
> Line 2: This is the second line. --->
> Line #int_count#: #idx#<br>
> </CFOUTPUT>
></CFLOOP>
>
>
>Steve
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Martin S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 11:04 PM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: Re: String manipulation
>
>
>
>Thanks for that,
>
>I know most of the string functions...but how do I do a mid
>(string,start,end) which starts at the beginning of a line, and gets a copy
>of the complete line...and then repeat this for every line in the text
>file?? I guess i don't know how I can determine thevales for the start,
>end
>params.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Joseph Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: String manipulation
> >Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:05:39 -0800
> >
> > > It would be great if you could help me out..give me some sample
> >code..names
> > > of functions taht I will need to do this..or all of the above..thanks
> >:-)
> >
> >These are what I call the "string operator" functions. You will need
>most
> >of these.
> >http://cfhub.com/language/INDEX.CFM?Cat=String%20Operators
> >
> >Also, pull the whole file with CFHTTP, and save it. then just use CFFILE
> >for
> >the rest.
> >
> >Of particular interest are the Find() and mid() functions.
> >
> >This is a script that pulls/parses data:
> >http://cfhub.com/advanced/cfhttp/post.cfm
> >
> >and I have many more : ) Parsing is kind of a hobby of mine...
> >
> >If you like, email me off list...
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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