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String manipulation: get tab contents until special sequence/truncate after special sequence?

UberGooberUberGoober
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I need to read the contents of a tab but only part of it.

What I’d like to do is, on the tab to be read, put a special sequence behind a comment, maybe something like:


- - &$stophere#@

And only read the tab until there, or else read the whole tab and cut off everything after the special sequence.

Anyone know how I would do that?

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  • dave1707dave1707 Mod
    Posts: 10,047

    @UberGoober No problem. I’ll whip something up.

  • dave1707dave1707 Mod
    Posts: 10,047

    @UberGoober Here it is. You can pick you own sequence and put it in the code. Right now I have —#* in the string find line. Enter the project and tab name then press find. It will print out the text up to the find sequence.

    viewer.mode=STANDARD

function setup()
    parameter.text("project")
    parameter.text("tab")
    parameter.action("find",search)
end

function search()
    local temp=readProjectTab(project..":"..tab)
    local pos=string.find(temp,"--#*",1,true)
    if pos~=nil then
        local str=string.sub(temp,1,pos-1)
        print(str)
    else
        print("Not found")
    end
end
  • dave1707dave1707 Mod
    Posts: 10,047

    @UberGoober This can also be updated to create a new tab with the found text.

  • UberGooberUberGoober
    Posts: 1,817
    That’s fantastic, thanks!
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