Forums Scripts & Popups .writeini & $readini help, please!

I'm working on a couple of scripts right now, thankfully having the same basic framework, but I ran into an issue. I'm trying to write to an ini somewhat like this:
.writeini blah.ini $nick lines +1

where it would write to an ini named blah, the section name would be the nickname that created the event, the variable would be "lines", and it would take a 0 and turn it into a 1, or turn a 1 into a 2, etc. basically, counting each time someone created a text event and recording it.

Also would need help reading the .ini. I'm pretty new to scripting. I just can't figure out how to use variables in the command.

You can't just increment a number in a file like that. You have to first read in the current number, then increment it and write back the incremented number.



Now, you can of course increment the value right in the var line or in the writeini line. This just breaks it down so you can see the process.

Thanks a ton! So, here's the technical part. How would I read back the 5 highest incremented numbers out of an .ini?

To my knowledge you'd have to read them all, then sort them, probably using /filter

The best option is to keep track of which are the top 5 instead of trying to figure it out when reading the file. Another option is to use a hash table instead of an ini file and then you can save and filter it and quickly find out the top 5 or 10 or whatever without having to keep constant track of who is top.

here's a simple and quick method:



first add nick & line values to a window named @top5 using a loop with $ini / $readini, sort that window with /filter, then collect the first 5 lines with a second loop.