HAY.
SORRY I POSTED IN WINDOWS XP FORUM, BUT MICROSOFT DOES NOT HAVE FORUM FOR MS-DOS, SO I HAD TO POST IN WINDOWS XP FORUM, BUT THIS QUESTION ALSO GOES FOR WINDOWS XP. :)
SO,
SORRY I POSTED IN WINDOWS XP FORUM, BUT MICROSOFT DOES NOT HAVE FORUM FOR MS-DOS, SO I HAD TO POST IN WINDOWS XP FORUM, BUT THIS QUESTION ALSO GOES FOR WINDOWS XP. :)
SO,
CURENTLY I AM WRITING PROGRAM WHICH USES IT OWN DATA FILE TO STORE MULTIPLE DESCRIPTIONS.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXTRACT JUST ONE LINE OF TEXT FROM THAT DATAFILE AND STORE IT IN ENVIREMENT VARIABLE TO SAVE IT FOR FUTURE USAGE.
BUT I GOT STUCK WITH EXTRACTING THE LINES. I DO NOT KNOW HOW.
I AM USING DOS SIMULATOR (NTVDM.EXE) UNDER WINDOWS XP.
I AM PROGRAMING IN THE "CMD" PROGRAMMING LAGUAGE.
FOR NOW I KNOW HOW TO EXTRACT ONE WORD.
USING FOLOWING SINTAX:
TYPE "DRIVE:\FOLDER\FILE.EXTENSION" | FOR /F %%Y IN ('FIND "PART OF THE WORD"') DO SET VARIABLE=%%Y
BUT THIS ONLY WORK FOR SINGLE WORDS.
IF I WANT TO STORA A MULTIPLE DESCRIPTIONS IN ONE FILE, AND EXTRACT JUST ONE LINE OF THE TEXT, THIS DOES NOT WORK BECAUSE I HAVE MORE THAN ONE WORD PER LINE. THERE ARE TWO ALTERNATIVES: FIRST, TO MAKE MULTIPLE DESCRIPTION FILES, AND TO
SIMPLY USE TYPE COMMAND TO TYPE THAM WHEN THAY ARE NEEDED, BUT THIS IS BAD BECAUSE OF AMOUTH OF FILES I HAVE TO USE, OR SECOND: THAT_IN_PLACE_OF_SPACES_I_PLACE_THIS_SLASHES, BUT THIS IS NOT VISUALLY NICE TO SEE.
IT WOULD BE THE BEST TO FIND A WAY OF EXTRACTING ONE LINE OF A TEXT FROM FILE.
BECAUSE THIS SYNTAX OF EXTRACTING TEXT PROCCESSES EVERY WORD FOR ITSELF, AND IT RESET VARIABLE AS MANY TIMES AS THE WORDS IS IN THAT LINE. SO, IT JUST ACCTUALLY STORES ONE WORD IN VARIABLE, SO IT IS NOT WORKING.
CAN ANONE GIVE ME BETTER SYNTAX?
THANX. :)