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Problem reading a text file #201757 03/07/08 10:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 22 B BIGZIPZ OP Ameglian cow
OP BIGZIPZ Ameglian cow B Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 22	Hi there, I am a beginner. I understand that $read can be used to scan a text file to find a match e.g: Code: msg $chan $read("HiLo.txt", s, Bob) I have the above code which returns the line of text in the file which begins with "Bob". My question is: is there a way, to do: If when reading this file, there IS a line which starts with Bob do something, if not, do something else. Thank you.

Re: Problem reading a text file BIGZIPZ #201758 03/07/08 11:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,031 R RoCk Hoopy frood
RoCk Hoopy frood R Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,031	You could do this... Code: if ($read(HiLo.txt, s, Bob) != $null) { msg $chan $v1 } else { do_something_else_here }

Re: Problem reading a text file BIGZIPZ #201759 04/07/08 12:16 AM
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OP BIGZIPZ Ameglian cow B Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 22	Thank you very much. Funny how the answer is so obvious but I never thought about this way!

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