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I need my program to search for a certain string in a text file (i.e. AreaName: or AreaXSize and then read the following piece of data (i.e. Town or 2500) and use those pieces of data as the values of variables in my program.
I don't really know where to begin with this... any help would be much appreciated

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well, to begin, you need to open a file thats pretty simple



then you would need to search the file for strings. I do not want to spoil you fun so you can work this bit out.(I cant b bothered)

then you have to store the data afterwards, possibly in variables of the same Name inside your program.(DIY)

then you have to close the file (again,i can't b bothered but this bits easy) hope this helps you to do what you want
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Actually, You Told Me The Only Bit I Knew. Darn... But Thanks For The Help Anyway. ^-^

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Ill post the rest of the code when i get back from holiday (in a week) but for now i think ill just sleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Why doesn't this work?
The file I wish to read is called town.txt and the first letter in the file is V

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check out the string and file functions in our plugin below.
Look for fil_GetFileToString(), and str_Instr()

you can read the docs without downloading the plugin


DBP_NETLIB_v1.4.3 - 65 FREE Functions * Click Logo
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You proberly want to do something like this.



READ STRING will read until a new line or the end of the file.

What exactly does town.txt look like?

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