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Remove a Line from a File Using Arrays

 Keywords: Remove Delete Skip Line File Array Keyword Matching Text ArrayRemove ArrayLocate StrIndex StrIndexNC ArrayFileGet ArrayFilePut

Question:

Answer:

ignorekeyword = 'hello' ; Case Insensitive

inputfilename = "c:\temp\test.txt"
outputfilename = "c:\temp\testout.txt"

inputarray = ArrayFileGet (inputfilename , "" , 0)
linecount = ArrInfo(inputarray,6) -1

For index = 0 To linecount
 line = inputarray[index]
 position = StrIndexNC( line, ignorekeyword, 1, @FWDSCAN ) ; Skip lines where keyword is found
 If position != 0
    ; Remove line/element from the array
    ArrayRemove( inputarray, index )
    index = index-1
    linecount = linecount-1
 EndIf
Next
ArrayFilePut(outputfilename, inputarray)
Pause( "", "Done" )
Exit

Article ID:   W17665

Filename:   Remove a Line from a File Using Arrays.txt

File Created: 2012:10:24:10:29:16

Last Updated: 2012:10:24:10:29:16