read text file

roshanthapa

I want to read a previous lines of the text file.


How do I read the previous lines from a text file line by line? ( the situation is same as when textmode is on and we read line by line. But I need to read line by line in reverse like line no. 10 read first, then line no. 9 then 8 then 7 then 6, like that) ....

fl

create a table with fileds line no and text. Read file directly into table. Then start logic from table instead of from file.

roshanthapa

Thanks fl. Very good reply, I appreciate that.

But the field in the table with datatype:text can hold only 250 characters at most but I have 1024 characters in some lines so I won't be able to store that much characters in the field in a table.

So I don't think it is wise to store each line of text file into a table. Yeah we can break down each line of text file and store it in a table.

Is there any other solution or better than what I thought?

ara3n

Hello you can also use an array.

write all of the text to 1024 text array. and then loop backwards.


I := ArrayLen(MyArray);
while I < 1 Do begin
dostuff(Myarray);
I -= 1;
end;