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Re: Putting lines from a file into an array

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Op zondag 2 dec 2012 21:47 CET schreef Chris:

> The values get overwritten because you only allocate one string for the
> lines to be read into ("/buffer 80 string def"), then reuse it for each 
> iteration through the loop.
>
> Something like:
>
> /inputFile INPUT (r) file def
> /linearray
> [
> {
> inputFile 80 string readline
> not
> {
> pop inputFile closefile
> currentdict /inputFile undef
> exit
> } if
> } loop
> ]
> def
>
>
> will give you the lines of the file in an array called "linearray".

Works like a charm. Thanks.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
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Putting lines from a file into an array Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-12-02 21:02 +0100
  Re: Putting lines from a file into an array Chris <cjl@spamcop.net> - 2012-12-02 20:47 +0000
    Re: Putting lines from a file into an array Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-12-03 00:52 +0100
      Re: Putting lines from a file into an array Don Lancaster <don@tinaja.com> - 2012-12-05 11:58 -0700
        Re: Putting lines from a file into an array "luser.droog" <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2012-12-05 23:19 -0600
    Re: Putting lines from a file into an array John Deubert <john@acumentraining.com> - 2012-12-03 13:20 -0800
      Re: Putting lines from a file into an array "luser.droog" <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 00:58 -0600
      Re: Putting lines from a file into an array Chris <cjl@spamcop.net> - 2012-12-04 09:09 +0000
        Re: Putting lines from a file into an array John Deubert <john@acumentraining.com> - 2012-12-04 07:03 -0800
          Re: Putting lines from a file into an array Chris <cjl@spamcop.net> - 2012-12-04 17:46 +0000
        Re: Putting lines from a file into an array Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-12-04 17:17 +0100
  Re: Putting lines from a file into an array "luser.droog" <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2012-12-02 15:31 -0600
    Re: Putting lines from a file into an array Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-12-03 02:19 +0100
      Re: Putting lines from a file into an array "luser.droog" <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2012-12-02 23:28 -0600
        Re: Putting lines from a file into an array Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2012-12-03 10:01 +0100
  Re: Putting lines from a file into an array luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-08-01 13:25 -0700
    Re: Putting lines from a file into an array JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-08-02 03:39 +0000
      Re: Putting lines from a file into an array luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-08-02 21:58 -0700
        Re: Putting lines from a file into an array Tonton Th <tTh@nowhere.invalid> - 2016-08-03 05:10 +0000
        Re: Putting lines from a file into an array luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-08-02 22:20 -0700
          Re: Putting lines from a file into an array luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-08-02 22:35 -0700
            Re: Putting lines from a file into an array JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-08-03 06:21 +0000
            Re: Putting lines from a file into an array JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-08-03 06:32 +0000
              Re: Putting lines from a file into an array luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2016-08-22 22:31 -0700

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