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How to Insert a Delimiter Every 5 Characters

Keywords:     binary

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Question:

I have a file of numbers and I want to insert a delimiter every 5 characters. How would I do that automatically with Winbatch?

Answer:

Something like the following. You'll need to turn Debug(1) on and step through the code to polish it.

;debug(1)
fs1 = FileSize( "C:\TEMP\zFILETOPARSE.TXT" )
binbuf1 = BinaryAlloc( fs1 + 100 )
BinaryRead( binbuf1, "C:\TEMP\zFILETOPARSE.TXT" )

tempptr=5
For offset=0 to int(fs1/5.0);might need to adjust this
BoxOpen("Increment", int(fs1/5.0))
      
   BinaryPokeStr( binbuf1, tempptr, "|")
        tempptr = tempptr+6   ;this does it
                ;tempptr = tempptr+5  ;this inserts every 4 chars
Next
   BinaryWrite( binbuf1, "C:\TEMP\zPARSEDFILE.TXT")

BinaryFree( binbuf1 )
Message("Parsing", "Done.")

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Article ID:   W12731

Filename:   Insert a Delimiter Every 5 Chars.txt

File Created: 1999:04:15:16:49:14

Last Updated: 1999:04:15:16:49:14