$read(file,r,regex) ?? - mIRC Discussion Forums

Hello.
how can i read all the lines in a file using $read's regexmatch??

alias tr { .fopen -o tr test.txt | .fwrite -n tr * test1 | .fwrite -n tr * test2 | .fwrite -n tr * test3 | .fclose tr }
//echo -a $read(test.txt,r,.+)
* test1

If you need to read every line in a file then just loop through the file with $fread:

Code:

alias tr {
  .fopen -no tr test.txt
  if (!$ferr) {
    .fwrite -n tr * test1
    .fwrite -n tr * test2
    .fwrite -n tr * test3
    [color:red]while (!$feof) echo -s $fread(tr)[/color]
    .fclose tr
  }
}

The red part is the code that dumps the file to your status window.

You can also use /filter with the g flag.

sorry but no one understood me.

i want to use match multi-lines.

alias tr { .fopen -o tr test.txt | .fwrite -n tr * test1 | .fwrite -n tr * test2 | .fwrite -n tr * test3 | .fclose tr }
this is for example. if i have a file contain those lines

Well you didn't really explain anything did you? How do you expect to be helped if you cannot even explain in proper English what you want to do exactly. (i want to use match multi-lines. <-- what kind of mambo jambo is this?)

Your code that you posted doesn't help with anything really, it just writes a few lines of text to a file. Your second post contains the exact same code but in bold, :rolleyes: as if putting it in bold is going to explain it better.

Why don't you explain with an actual example (not in coding but in words) what you want to do exactly, starting with a file that has a few lines of text, and what exactly you want to get from that file.

Going by your $read(file,r,.+) you just want to return 1 non-blank line from the text file, which you don't need a regex for by the way.

oh btw i know how to do it using /filter but i want to know how to match multi-line using $read,r

sorry for my english FOP. i'll explain it from the end.
.+ this expression matches everything. ok??
try this. //echo -a $read(readme.txt,r,.+)
what well happens? u'll get the first line of the readme file which is it.
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i want to match multi-line. sooo. when i use //echo -a $read(readme.txt,r,.+) all the lines in the readme.txt file will be echo-ed in the active window.

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'til the EOF.

got it fop??

You can't. That's not what the r flag is for.
Again though, if you just want to output the entire file just loop through it, there's no need for a regular expression.

$read returns a single line, not multiple lines.

What is preventing you from looping through the file, or using /filter with g flag like I already suggested?

You're asking for stuff that doesn't exist, while there are enough tools to do what you want already.

alias showfilter echo -a > $1
//filter -fkg <file> showfilter <regex>

You don't need a regex if all you want to do is show the contents of a file to your active window, you can simply use loadbuf:

alias showfile loadbuf $iif($active != status window,-pi $ifmatch,-spi) $$1-

well... am sorry and thank u all for your help