Replace a char with a new line

[antai]

I get badly formatted text files where there is no new line but there is a "." instead of a new line.

Is there a quick solution how to read the file into an array, or do I have to read the file char by char and write it to a new file while replacing "." with a new line?

// edit: what is the max number of chars I can read into a string?

Is that 2147483647 characters (limit for string) or should I reach some other limits why just reading it into a string and parsing it internally?

Edited March 23, 2023 by antai

[ioa747]

FileReadToArray()

here an example

Edited March 23, 2023 by ioa747

[AspirinJunkie]

Since, as mentioned, there are no line breaks, a FileReadToArray will barely help you.
If, as described, the dot "." is the separator, then the procedure would be as follows:

1. read the whole file into a string via FileRead().
2. split into an array via StringSplit() with the "." as separator.

[ioa747]

30 minutes ago, antai said:

or do I have to read the file char by char and write it to a new file while replacing "." with a new line?

No need  StringReplace($sString, ".",  @CRLF)  replace all together

To testing

• copy the text in clipboard
• run this code

Local $sString = ClipGet()
StringReplace($sString, ".", @CRLF)
ClipPut($sString)

• paste the text

[Musashi]

Here is an example as the result from a FileRead(), as suggested by @AspirinJunkie :

#include <Array.au3>
Local $sFileStr = "This is an example of a badly formatted text file. The file does not contain the usual " & _
                  "sequences for line breaks. That would be CRLF or LF. Instead, the line break is caused " & _
                  "by a period. In addition, it is possible that the dot is used both as a normal " & _
                  "punctuation mark, . and as an indicator for the line break. Not a very consistent solution :( ."
Local $aArray = StringSplit($sFileStr, '.')
_ArrayDisplay($aArray)