Is it possible to read a .txt file line by line using the InetRead function

[Loc]

I have a txt file on dropbox. In the txt file as follows: 

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

...

How can now read it as Filereadline() using InetRead() function

[junkew]

What did you try so far? and whats the result?

most likely you can get the file and split it further based on cr/lf

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/StringSplit.htm

 

[Jos]

My translation of this cryptic question is that there is a file on the Dropbox Website that the OP likes to download with InetGet() ... but that will never work.
Maybe one of the Other Web tools out there could do the job.
 

[rudi]

On the PC with Dropbox client installed right click the file you want to download for further processing -> "copy dropbox link" (German: "Dropbox-Link kopieren")

You will receive something like this real world URL (I created and shared a file for you in my Dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oagfd0e314pz3a0/Some-foo-file.txt?dl=0

Replace the 0 at it's end with a 1:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oagfd0e314pz3a0/Some-foo-file.txt?dl=1

#include <Inet.au3>

$URL="https://www.dropbox.com/s/oagfd0e314pz3a0/Some-foo-file.txt?dl=1"
$Content = _INetGetSource($URL)
MsgBox(0,"Content",$Content)

Then use StringSplit() as mentioned by @junkew

[Loc]

This is how i did it but can you help me to read this return data line by line?
Example: Read line 1 then
$Data[0][0] = 1
$Data[0][1] = a
$Data[0][n] = ...
$Data[1][0] =2
$Data[1][1] = e
$Data[1][n] = ...
$Data[2][0] = 3
$Data[2][1] = x
$Data[3][n] = ...

#include <InetConstants.au3>
#include <String.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

Local $ReadData = InetRead("http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/h73t2gvwkercmab/Test.txt")

$Data = BinaryToString($ReadData)
_ArrayDisplay(StringSplit($Data, '|', $STR_ENTIRESPLIT))

Please excuse my English!

Edited July 7, 2022 by Loc

[Loc]

Files .txt

[rudi]

1.) InetGetSource() will directly return STRING data (no need to use BinaryToString())

2) Use StringSplit() to just split the lines. You split to a 2D array: @crlf delimits lines, | delimits collumns.

 

#include <Inet.au3>
#include <Debug.au3>


$URL="https://www.dropbox.com/s/oagfd0e314pz3a0/Some-foo-file.txt?dl=1"
$Content = _INetGetSource($URL)
MsgBox(0,"Content",$Content)

$aLines=StringSplit($Content,@CRLF,1)
_DebugArrayDisplay($aLines)

for $L = 1 to $aLines[0]
    MsgBox(0,"Line " & $L,$aLines[$L])
Next

 

Edited July 7, 2022 by rudi

[Loc]

Thanks rudi. This is what I did when I got help

#include <Inet.au3>
#include <String.au3>
#include <StringConstants.au3>
#include <Array.au3>

$URL = "http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/h73t2gvwkercmab/Test.txt"
$Content = _INetGetSource($URL)
$Data = StringSplit($Content, @CR)
For $i = 1 To UBound($Data) - 1
_ArrayDisplay(StringSplit($Data[$i], '|'))
Next

 

[rudi]

Well, this is now spoon feeding IMHO -- never mind 😇

 

#include <Inet.au3>
#include <Debug.au3>

$URL = "http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/h73t2gvwkercmab/Test.txt"
$Content = _INetGetSource($URL)
MsgBox(0, '', $Content)
$aLines = StringSplit($Content, @CRLF,1) ; The first element will hold the number of chunks the sting $Content was split to
_DebugArrayDisplay($aLines)

For $L = 1 To $aLines[0]
    MsgBox(0,"Line = " & $L,$aLines[$L])
Next

the last but one line is the position where you need to process the separated lines.

 

The rest of the work is now up to you...