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9.6

Output new files with repeat text with added counter.

Zones: VB Script, Python Scripting Language, Windows Batch Scripting

Tags: VBScript, Python, Batch

Hello,
Below is the text that I would like repeated and saved to new "text" files with a new propriertary extension "iml" and the the xxx section should go from 075-407 and the new files should have this corresponding number in their name i.e. newfile_075.iml

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2
ab_dog_xxx_cd
ab_coals_xxx_cd
ab_wet_xxx_cd
0.1
ab_pt_xxx_cd
0.2
ab_rocks_xxx_cd
0.2
ab_stream_xxx_cd
0.1
ab_urban_xxx_cd
0.4

Thank you kindly,
MJ

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Zone: Programming

Question Asked By: mgjust

Solution Provided By: Shift-3

Participating Experts: 2

Solution Grade: A

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04.11.2008 at 11:08AM PDT, ID: 21336671

Rank: Master

ramrom:

                       
         
           
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             # untested Python code:
text="""1
2
ab_dog_xxx_cd
ab_coals_xxx_cd
ab_wet_xxx_cd
0.1
ab_pt_xxx_cd
0.2
ab_rocks_xxx_cd
0.2
ab_stream_xxx_cd
0.1
ab_urban_xxx_cd
0.4"""
for n in range(75, 408):
  yyy = "%03i" % n
  text2 = text.replace("xxx", yyy)
  open('newfile_%s.iml' % yyy , 'w').write()text2)

           
         

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Assisted Solution

04.11.2008 at 11:13AM PDT, ID: 21336715

mgjust:

Hello,
Where are the output files being saved? Also, will there be a 0 included with the numbers 075-099?

The output should look like this:
1
2
ab_dog_075_cd
ab_coals_075_cd
ab_wet_075_cd
0.1
ab_pt_075_cd
0.2
ab_rocks_075_cd
0.2
ab_stream_075_cd
0.1
ab_urban_075_cd
0.4

saved as "output_075.iml"

Thanks,
MJ

04.11.2008 at 11:50AM PDT, ID: 21337043

mgjust:

Maybe this could be done by creating a text file with all the output and then split that up? I don't know much about scripting and appreciate the help. Annotation of the code is also much appreciated.

Thanks,
MJ

04.11.2008 at 12:51PM PDT, ID: 21337593

Rank: Master

Shift-3:

Here's a way to do it in vbscript.

Paste the text below into a new file with a .vbs extension. Double-clicking it will create the desired output files in the same directory as the script.

                       
         
           
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             Const ForWriting = 2
 
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
 
'Repeats the same sequence for the numbers 75 through 407
For i = 75 to 407
	'Adds a leading zero if the counter is a 2-digit number
	If Len(i) = 2 Then
		intNum = "0" & i
	Else
		intNum = i
	End If
	
	'Defines the new file name
	strNewFile = "newfile_" & intNum & ".iml"
	
	'Creates the new file and adds text, including the counter
	Set objNewFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strNewFile, ForWriting)
	objNewFile.WriteLine "1"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "2"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "ab_dog_" & intNum & "_cd"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "ab_coals_" & intNum & "_cd"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "ab_wet_" & intNum & "_cd"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "0.1"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "ab_pt_" & intNum & "_cd"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "0.2"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "ab_rocks_" & intNum & "_cd"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "0.2"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "ab_stream_" & intNum & "_cd"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "0.1"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "ab_urban_" & intNum & "_cd"
	objNewFile.WriteLine "0.4"
	objNewFile.Close
Next

           
         

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Accepted Solution

04.11.2008 at 12:59PM PDT, ID: 21337669

mgjust:

Thanks this worked great.

ramrom

04.11.2008 at 02:33PM PDT, ID: 21338379

I regret not checking back sooner. The program I gave you did what you wanted (after *sigh* removing the extra ) in the last line. Did you try it?

I kinda prefer the Python version as it is a lot simpler.

Did you find out where the results were written. Should be in either case the "current" or "working" directory.

         
               open('newfile_%s.iml' % yyy , 'w').write(text2)

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