1. First program and questions
Hello everyone :)
I recently started studying Euphoria and I'm very excited to get started
with it. Just to save myself a little bit of time, I'm going to get the
new Win32lib and try to write a simple program.
What I'm curious about is if Euphoria is a good choice for a simple
program like this: I have a couple of reports that arrive in plain text
format. I'd like to strip out the HEADER information that's printed
randomly throughout and then insert a PAGE BREAK at the end of each
record.
Is this something pretty straightforward that a Euphoria newbie can
handle? I have some experience in C and Dark Basic (yeah, I know). But
I'm trepid to actual 'create' a program.
Thanks so much for the help! ;)
Brandon
2. Re: First program and questions
>>> bdennis at shreve-lib.org 07/01/2004 11:41:01 AM >>>
> I recently started studying Euphoria and I'm very excited to get
started
> with it. Just to save myself a little bit of time, I'm going to get
the
> new Win32lib and try to write a simple program.
Welcome to the language.
> I have a couple of reports that arrive in plain text
> format. I'd like to strip out the HEADER information that's printed
> randomly throughout and then insert a PAGE BREAK at the end of each
> record.
Euphoria is well suited for this. I would recommend using the DOS
version
first for the logic, then make it pretty with Win32Lib once you know
the logic
is working. Assuming the report has identifiable markers (like a row
of equal
signs, for example) to identify the split between the header and body,
and
something to identify the end of a record, it should take you an hour
max to
do, most of that time being spent finding the correct syntax in
library.doc.
A few tips:
Make sure you include the wildcard.e and get.e libraries.
Using gets, compare, and puts should get you well on your way.
Dive right in, and if you get stuck, we're here to help. The only
foolish
question is the one that isn't asked!
> Brandon
Michael J. Sabal
3. Re: First program and questions
> Hello everyone :)
>
> I recently started studying Euphoria and I'm very excited to get started
> with it. Just to save myself a little bit of time, I'm going to get the
> new Win32lib and try to write a simple program.
>
> What I'm curious about is if Euphoria is a good choice for a simple
> program like this: I have a couple of reports that arrive in plain text
> format. I'd like to strip out the HEADER information that's printed
> randomly throughout and then insert a PAGE BREAK at the end of each
> record.
Check out a few routines i made a while ago (do an archive search for
William Heimbigner) Get the FindInFile (FIF) one.
Its a really cool routine i made that will search a text file for a text
string and will report the lines that contain the given string.
AMOF, that reminds me of some improvements i gotta do on it... :(
But look at my routine, it should get you started.
If you wanna IM about it, you can contact me:
AIM- icxcnika123
Yahoo!- icxcnika123
MSN- icxcnika at hotpop.com
ICQ #303615600
Email: icxcnika at hotpop.com
The UBoard - http://uboard.proboards32.com
What can I say? I'm a (prodigal) (teen) person (with ADHD) that likes to
talk!!!
William Heimbigner
4. Re: First program and questions
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:41:01 -0500, Brandon Dennis
<bdennis at shreve-lib.org> wrote:
>What I'm curious about is if Euphoria is a good choice for a simple
>program like this: I have a couple of reports that arrive in plain text
>format. I'd like to strip out the HEADER information that's printed
>randomly throughout and then insert a PAGE BREAK at the end of each
>record.
>
>Is this something pretty straightforward that a Euphoria newbie can
>handle? I have some experience in C and Dark Basic (yeah, I know). But
>I'm trepid to actual 'create' a program.
I can't think of a better language to do this in 
I'll mail you a recent example direct,
Regards,
Pete
