Parsing a string of two tokens

Gonthax · 5th January 2007, 01:05

I'm new to NSIS, and am having trouble figuring out a function that can do what I'm after. I've tried WordFind and WordReplace with limited success unfortunately, perhaps I'm just not using them correctly.

Basically I've got an installer that loops through a text file. On each line of this text file is a filename and a size, separated by a space. For example:

file1.txt 100
this is file2.txt 140

I need to read and support filenames with spaces as well, and was wondering how I can basically stuff $1 with the filename, and $2 with the file size reliably.

Thanks for the help.
~G~

Red Wine · 5th January 2007, 05:24

There are some useful functions at wiki, most likely you'd find one ready for you, or modify one to suit your needs.

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Category...ons_%26_Macros

Afrow UK · 5th January 2007, 11:31

http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Get_last...rest_of_string

-Stu

Gonthax · 5th January 2007, 19:06

Afrow, that was it!

Cheers

5th January 2007, 01:05	#1
Gonthax Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2	Parsing a string of two tokens I'm new to NSIS, and am having trouble figuring out a function that can do what I'm after. I've tried WordFind and WordReplace with limited success unfortunately, perhaps I'm just not using them correctly. Basically I've got an installer that loops through a text file. On each line of this text file is a filename and a size, separated by a space. For example: file1.txt 100 this is file2.txt 140 I need to read and support filenames with spaces as well, and was wondering how I can basically stuff $1 with the filename, and $2 with the file size reliably. Thanks for the help. ~G~

5th January 2007, 05:24	#2
Red Wine Forum King Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ath. GR Posts: 2,078	There are some useful functions at wiki, most likely you'd find one ready for you, or modify one to suit your needs. http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Category...ons_%26_Macros Quick AVI Creator - Quick and easy convert from DVD/MPEG/AVI/MKV to AVI/MP4/MKV Quick AVI Creator entirely edited with NSIS and entirely upgraded to Unicode NSIS

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5th January 2007, 11:31	#3
Afrow UK Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 8,434	http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Get_last...rest_of_string -Stu

5th January 2007, 19:06	#4
Gonthax Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2	Afrow, that was it! Cheers