and just to expand on that (not needing to store the position explicitly....)
<cffile action="read" file="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mytext.txt" variable="myText">
<cfscript>
myArray = listToArray(myText, chr(13)&chr(10));
</cfscript>
<cfdump var="#myArray#">
On 10/25/05, Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <cffile action="read" file="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mytext.txt" variable="myText">
> <!--- insert the proper path above :) --->
>
> <cfscript>
> myArray = arrayNew(1);
>
> for (i=1; i LTE listLen(myText, chr(13)&chr(10)); i=i+1) {
> myArray[i] = structNew();
> myArray[i].position = i;
> myArray[i].value = listGetAt(myText, i, chr(13)&chr(10));
> }
> </cfscript>
> <cfdump var="#myArray#">
>
> you don't necessarily need to store the "position" variable, since the
> iteration of the loop (and resultant position in the array) will
> indicate that. if there's no other factors that I'm overlooking, you
> should be able to just store each element in an array (without the
> nested structs).
>
> On 10/25/05, Richard Colman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I need to read a file like:
> >
> >
> >
> > -1.2
> >
> > -0.0
> >
> > -189.7
> >
> > 0.6
> >
> > 44.6
> >
> > -12.3
> >
> > -1.9
> >
> > -85.9
> >
> > 16.3
> >
> > -197.3
> >
> > 20.6
> >
> > -1.6
> >
> > 0.0
> >
> > -25.1
> >
> > -53.7
> >
> > 17.4
> >
> >
> >
> > And insert each value into a data table, like:
> >
> >
> >
> > First Record: 1, -1.2
> >
> > Second Record: 2, -0.0
> >
> > Third Record: 3, -189.7
> >
> >
> >
> > Etc.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am not sure how to parse the text file and do the insert. Can anyone offer
> > a suggestion?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rick Colman
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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