How to search same but multiple result from multi-line string

[peter.a.azucena@intel.com]

Hi, I'm trying to figure out the fatest way to read a text file and reading specific patterns from it, i know that i can read the contents of a file all at once if i don't use read line from the "read from text file" control but how can i process the multi line result?

lets say i have a file that have this content:

line1a_43

line2b_12

line3a_32

line4a_53

line5b_32

line6a_23

i know that if you use read from text file, you'll be given a string result of

"line1a_43\nline2b_12\nline3a_32\nline4a_53\nline5b_32\nline6a_23"

now what should i do to be able to extract the numbers from each line that has "line\d+b" (line with any digit then a letter b)

using a pattern matching technique, i'm expecting to have a result either an array or a string with delimeters similar to this:

12

32

Thanks,

Peter A.

P.S. i know how to do this using read by line technique but if i'm reading a huge file, reading line by line will take longer.

[altenbach]

Here's one possibility (LabVIEW 8.5):

(The other case is "a", empty, with the array wired across.)

Message Edited by altenbach on 07-01-2008 06:52 PM

[ian_fung]

Just a quick thought... hope it works 🙂

Regards.

[peter.a.azucena@intel.com]

Thanks for the sample, with this I was able to extract what i need in less than a second  (~400ms) on two files ~10MB), i made some improvement to it using the search/split string and made it ~200ms. originally it took me 8 seconds using the line by line technique.

thanks a lot,

Peter A.

[ian_fung]

Hi Peter,

Will you share with us your code? No obligation however 🙂

Message Edited by ian fung on 07-02-2008 11:24 AM

[peter.a.azucena@intel.com]

sure, here it is, i did however took it out from my full block.

there is also a portion of this code that enables me to block off duplicates.

Regards,

Peter A.

Message Edited by peter.a.azucena@intel.com on 07-01-2008 07:39 PM