Use RegExp and split to read file text flash - actionscript-3

I have a file text more than 1 000 000 lines that begins by the character C and other one by M
Example:
C9203007870000000000000006339912610971240095400111200469300000 16122011AMI 00000100010000315 080
C9203007870000000000000006339912610971240095400111200469300000 09122011B 590001000100000270016092100
M920300787000000000000000633991261097124009540011120046930000031122011JVJF004 10 N
M920300787000000000000000633991261097124009540011120046930000009122011DEQP003 10 N
M920300787000000000000000633991261097124009540011120046930000012122011ACQK001 10Z N
C9203007870000000000000006339912610971240095400111200469300000 24122011AMI 00000100010000315 080
C9203007870000000000000006339912610971240095400111200469300000 24122011AMI 00000100010000315 080
I want to put in my array only the lines who begins with the character M
How I can add in my split: var pattern:RegExp = /^M/;
var mFileReference:FileReference;
var mArray:Array = new Array();
function onFileLoaded(event:Event):void
{
mFileReference = event.target as FileReference;
data = mFileReference["data"];
mArray = (data.toString()).split("\n");
}
I don’t want to pass by the loop ‘for’ its take a lot of time and resources
I want to add /^M/ to my split is it possible?
for each (var s:String in mArray)
{
if (pattern.test(s)) {
values.push(s);
}
}
Thanks everybody.

Try this regular expression:
/^M.*/gm
This should match all lines that begin with M and nothing else.
It uses the g flag to match all cases of the expression in the string, and it uses m for multiline mode, so ^ and $ will match the beginning/end of lines instead of the beginning/end of the string.
You can get get your array like this:
mArray = data.toString().match(/^M.*/gm);

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SSIS Script howto append text to end of each row in flat file?

I currently have a flat file with around 1million rows.
I need to add a text string to the end of each row in the file.
I've been trying to adapt the following code but not having any success :-
public void Main()
{
// TODO: Add your code here
var lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(#"E:\SSISSource\Source\Source.txt");
foreach (string item in lines)
{
var str = item.Replace("\n", "~20221214\n");
var subitems = str.Split('\n');
foreach (var subitem in subitems)
{
// write the data back to the file
}
}
Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;
}
I can't seem to get the code to recognise the carriage return "\n" & am not sure howto write the row back to the file to replace the existing rather than add a new row. Or is the above code sending me down a rabbit hole & there is an easier method ??
Many thanks for any pointers &/or assistance.
Read all lines is likely getting rid of the \n in each record. So your replace won't work.
Simply append your string and use #billinKC's solution otherwise.
BONUS:
I think DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd"); is what you are trying to append to each line
Thanks #billinKC & #KeithL
KeithL you were correct in that the \n was stripped off. So I used a slightly amended version of #billinKC's code to get what I wanted :-
string origFile = #"E:\SSISSource\Source\Sourcetxt";
string fixedFile = #"E:\SSISSource\Source\Source.fixed.txt";
// Make a blank file
System.IO.File.WriteAllText(fixedFile, "");
var lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(#"E:\SSISSource\Source\Source.txt");
foreach (string item in lines)
{
var str = item + "~20221214\n";
System.IO.File.AppendAllText(fixedFile, str);
}
As an aside KeithL - thanks for the DateTime code however the text that I am appending is obtained from a header row in the source file which is being read into a variable in an earlier step.
I read your code as
For each line in the file, replace the existing newline character with ~20221214 newline
At that point, the value of str is what you need, just write that! Instead, you split based on the new line which gets you an array of values which could be fine but why do the extra operations?
string origFile = #"E:\SSISSource\Source\Sourcetxt";
string fixedFile = #"E:\SSISSource\Source\Source.fixed.txt";
// Make a blank file
System.IO.File.WriteAllText(fixedFile, "");
var lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(#"E:\SSISSource\Source\Source.txt");
foreach (string item in lines)
{
var str = item.Replace("\n", "~20221214\n");
System.IO.File.AppendAllText(fixedFile, str);
}
Something like this ought to be what you're looking for.

Partial replace in docs what matches only and preserve formatting

Let's assume that we have first paragraph in our google document:
Wo1rd word so2me word he3re last.
We need to search and replace some parts of text but it must be highlighted in editions history just like we changed only that parts and we must not loose our format (bold, italic, color etc).
What i have/understood for that moment: capturing groups didn't work in replaceText() as described in documentation. We can use pure js replace(), but it can be used only for strings. Our google document is array of objects, not strings. So i did a lot of tries and stopped at that code, attached in this message later.
Can't beat: how i can replace only part of what i've found. Capturing groups is very powerful and suitable instrument, but i can't use it for replacement. They didn't work or i can replace whole paragraph, that is unacceptable because of editions history will show full paragraph replace and paragraphs will lose formatting. What if what we searching will be in each and every paragraph, but only one letter must be changed? We will see full document replacement in history and it will be hard to find what really changed.
My first idea was to compare strings, that replace() gives to me with contents of paragraph then compare symbol after symbol and replace what is different, but i understand, that it will work only if we are sure that only one letter changed. But what if replace will delete/add some words, how it can be synced? It will be a lot bigger problem.
All topics that i've found and read triple times didn't helped and didn't moved me from the dead point.
So, is there any ideas how to beat that problem?
function RegExp_test() {
var docParagraphs = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getBody().getParagraphs();
var i = 0, text0, text1, test1, re, rt, count;
// equivalent of .asText() ???
text0 = docParagraphs[i].editAsText(); // obj
// equivalent of .editAsText().getText(), .asText().getText()
text1 = docParagraphs[i].getText(); // str
if (text1 !== '') {
re = new RegExp(/(?:([Ww]o)\d(rd))|(?:([Ss]o)\d(me))|(?:([Hh]e)\d(re))/g); // v1
// re = new RegExp(/(?:([Ww]o)\d(rd))/); // v2
count = (text1.match(re) || []).length; // re v1: 7, re v2: 3
if (count) {
test1 = text1.match(re); // v1: ["Wo1rd", "Wo", "rd", , , , , ]
// for (var j = 0; j < count; j++) {
// test1 = text1.match(re)[j];
// }
text0.replaceText("(?:([Ww]o)\\d(rd))", '\1-A-\2'); // GAS func
// #1: \1, \2 etc - didn't work: " -A- word so2me word he3re last."
test1 = text0.getText();
// js func, text2 OK: "Wo1rd word so-B-me word he3re last.", just in memory now
text1 = text1.replace(/(?:([Ss]o)\d(me))/, '$1-B-$2'); // working with str, not obj
// rt OK: "Wo1rd word so-B-me word he-C-re last."
rt = text1.replace(/(?:([Hh]e)\d(re))/, '$1-C-$2');
// #2: we used capturing groups ok, but replaced whole line and lost all formatting
text0.replaceText(".*", rt);
test1 = text0.getText();
}
}
Logger.log('Test finished')
}
Found a solution. It's a primitive enough but it can be a base for a more complex procedure that can fix all occurrences of capture groups, detect them, mix them etc. If someone wants to improve that - you are welcome!
function replaceTextCG(text0, re, to) {
var res, pos_f, pos_l;
var matches = text0.getText().match(re);
var count = (matches || []).length;
to = to.replace(/(\$\d+)/g, ',$1,').replace(/^,/, '').replace(/,$/, '').split(",");
for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
res = re.exec(text0.getText())
for (var j = 1; j < res.length - 1; j++) {
pos_f = res.index + res[j].length;
pos_l = re.lastIndex - res[j + 1].length - 1;
text0.deleteText(pos_f, pos_l);
text0.insertText(pos_f, to[1]);
}
}
return count;
}
function RegExp_test() {
var docParagraphs = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getBody().getParagraphs();
var i = 0, text0, count;
// equivalent of .asText() ???
text0 = docParagraphs[i].editAsText(); // obj
if (text0.getText() !== '') {
count = replaceTextCG(text0, /(?:([Ww]o)\d(rd))/g, '$1A$2');
count = replaceTextCG(text0, /(?:([Ss]o)\d(me))/g, '$1B$2');
count = replaceTextCG(text0, /(?:([Hh]e)\d(re))/g, '$1C$2');
}
Logger.log('Test finished')
}

Is there a simple way to have a local webpage display a variable passed in the URL?

I am experimenting with a Firefox extension that will load an arbitrary URL (only via HTTP or HTTPS) when certain conditions are met.
With certain conditions, I just want to display a message instead of requesting a URL from the internet.
I was thinking about simply hosting a local webpage that would display the message. The catch is that the message needs to include a variable.
Is there a simple way to craft a local web page so that it can display a variable passed to it in the URL? I would prefer to just use HTML and CSS, but adding a little inline javascript would be okay if absolutely needed.
As a simple example, when the extension calls something like:
folder/messageoutput.html?t=Text%20to%20display
I would like to see:
Message: Text to display
shown in the browser's viewport.
You can use the "search" property of the Location object to extract the variables from the end of your URL:
var a = window.location.search;
In your example, a will equal "?t=Text%20to%20display".
Next, you will want to strip the leading question mark from the beginning of the string. The if statement is just in case the browser doesn't include it in the search property:
var s = a.substr(0, 1);
if(s == "?"){s = substr(1);}
Just in case you get a URL with more than one variable, you may want to split the query string at ampersands to produce an array of name-value pair strings:
var R = s.split("&");
Next, split the name-value pair strings at the equal sign to separate the name from the value. Store the name as the key to an array, and the value as the array value corresponding to the key:
var L = R.length;
var NVP = new Array();
var temp = new Array();
for(var i = 0; i < L; i++){
temp = R[i].split("=");
NVP[temp[0]] = temp[1];
}
Almost done. Get the value with the name "t":
var t = NVP['t'];
Last, insert the variable text into the document. A simple example (that will need to be tweaked to match your document structure) is:
var containingDiv = document.getElementById("divToShowMessage");
var tn = document.createTextNode(t);
containingDiv.appendChild(tn);
getArg('t');
function getArg(param) {
var vars = {};
window.location.href.replace( location.hash, '' ).replace(
/[?&]+([^=&]+)=?([^&]*)?/gi, // regexp
function( m, key, value ) { // callback
vars[key] = value !== undefined ? value : '';
}
);
if ( param ) {
return vars[param] ? vars[param] : null;
}
return vars;
}

Split textfield value in 2 parts and put each part in a var

I have a textfield, that has a text value: France Paris. Now I need to know how I can take that string, cut it in 2 parts (France and Paris) and put those two parts in a var. So:
<textfield id="field1" text="France Paris">
and somewhere i should get
var1 = France;
var2 = Paris;
I know there is a split string command, but I'm not familiar with any of this stuff.
For this you could use the split() method on your String. This will split your String and put the values in an Array. You can use it like this:
var yourString:String = "France Paris";
var splitString:Array = yourString.split(" ");
var firstWord:String = splitString[0];
var secondWord:String = splitString[1];
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/String.html#split()

Losing leading 0s when string converts to array

I have a textInput control that sends .txt value to an array collection. The array collection is a collection of US zip codes so I use a regular expression to ensure I only get digits from the textInput.
private function addSingle(stringLoader:ArrayCollection):ArrayCollection {
arrayString += (txtSingle.text) + '';
var re:RegExp = /\D/;
var newArray:Array = arrayString.split(re);
The US zip codes start at 00501. Following the debugger, after the zip is submitted, the variable 'arrayString' is 00501. But once 'newArray' is assigned a vaule, it removes the first two 0s and leaves me with 501. Is this my regular expression doing something I'm not expecting? Could it be the array changing the value? I wrote a regexp test in javascript.
<script type="text/javascript">
var str="00501";
var patt1=/\D/;
document.write(str.match(patt1));
</script>
and i get null, which leads me to believe the regexp Im using is fine. In the help docs on the split method, I dont see any reference to leading 0s being a problem.
**I have removed the regular expression from my code completely and the same problem is still happening. Which means it is not the regular expression where the problem is coming from.
Running this simplified case:
var arrayString:String = '00501';
var re:RegExp = /\D/;
var newArray:Array = arrayString.split(re);
trace(newArray);
Yields '00501' as expected. There's nothing in the code you've posted that would strip leading zeros. You may want to dig around a bit more.
This smells suspiciously like Number coercion: Number('00501') yields 501. Read through the docs for implicit conversions and check if any pop up in your code.
What about this ?
/^\d+$/
You can also specify exactly 5 numbers like this :
/^\d{5}$/
I recommend just getting the zip codes instead of splitting on non-digits (especially if 'arrayString' might have multiple zip codes):
var newArray:Array = [];
var pattern:RegExp = /(\d+)/g;
var zipObject:Object;
while ((zipObject = pattern.exec(arrayString)) != null)
{
newArray.push(zipObject[1]);
}
for (var i:int = 0; i < newArray.length; i++)
{
trace("zip code " + i + " is: " + newArray[i]);
}