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#32927 - 2002-11-20 08:01 PM Re: Need to extract info from a log file
anthonyl anthonyl Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-11-19 Posts: 12 Loc: Work	Les, I take your point but in my specific case, the words "sending " and "receiving " do not occur anywhere else and wont either. Ant
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#32928 - 2002-11-20 08:08 PM Re: Need to extract info from a log file
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	{edit} Was critiqueing my code, not your's. Yeah, but what about the dot as in Lurenko's version. Excuse that brain fart of earlier. Here's some better code. code: Break on $sending='sending FTP_Iconsd.lnk 09/09/2001 20:44:00 (09/09/2001 00:00:00)' if instr($sending,'sending ') $b=substr($sending,9,(instr($sending,'/')-12)) endif '['+$b+']' ? $receiving='receiving IMS - Transferring Returns.doc (new file)' if instr($receiving,'receiving ') $c=substr($receiving,11,(instr($receiving,'(')-12)) endif '['+$c+']' ? get $_ [ 20. November 2002, 20:10: Message edited by: LLigetfa ] _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#32929 - 2002-11-20 10:23 PM Re: Need to extract info from a log file
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	les, your script has still the same error. you have already set the lines separated and that is not RL issue. or how the initial split from 20M logfile should be parsed to two lines which are somehow passed to 2 vars and even named sending and receiving before even checking the data (as you have them before the if's )? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#32930 - 2002-11-20 10:50 PM Re: Need to extract info from a log file
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Jooel, Now I know you're just yanking my chain... It is after all, just a proof of concept. $sending and $receiving would be replaced by a $Line var in a ReadLine() loop. But then again, you already know that but are crying 'sour grapes' because my code is better than yours. Try your code with: sending we.love.kixtart.org.lnk 09/09/2001 20:44:00 (09/09/2001 00:00:00) _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#32931 - 2002-11-21 12:37 AM Re: Need to extract info from a log file
Howard Bullock Howard Bullock KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-09-15 Posts: 5809 Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA	anthonyl, how can you state that a file name would never ever contain "sending" or "receiving" as part of the file name. It may be unlikely, but a good coder will make every attempt to avoid the problem if at all possible. _________________________ Home page: http://www.kixhelp.com/hb/
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#32932 - 2002-11-21 01:04 AM Re: Need to extract info from a log file
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Howard, Repeating yourself in your old age... You are correct however that a programmer would try to exclude all potential pitfalls. Guess that's why I'm not a programmer. Always hated the Murphy-proofing. So my last revision of code is still like swiss cheese. The IF statements under the conditions previously mentioned could return a false positive. I only say could because without knowing what all is in the source text file one can only surmise. so: if instr($sending,'sending ') whould be more accurate as: if left($sending,8)='sending ' Ditto for: if instr($receiving,'receiving ') should be: if left($receiving,10)='receiving ' As for 'optimistic' code, Ruud had this to say in an interview quote: Steve: Do you have any tips that will help admins write more efficient code? Ruud: Mmm, let me think on that for a second. Adding proper error handling to scripts. (Most scripts I get to see are, Mmm, very 'optimistic' about the actions in them). _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#32933 - 2002-11-21 01:14 AM Re: Need to extract info from a log file
Howard Bullock Howard Bullock KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-09-15 Posts: 5809 Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA	I removed my duplicate post ...so that I could explain the obvious and increase my post count _________________________ Home page: http://www.kixhelp.com/hb/
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