Isolate String from Large Text

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StvDee

Hi.

I would like to know how I can isolate a specific string that I want from a large incoming text. Also, can I take a string between two points inside the text (i.e. point 1 on start of line 10, and point 2 on end of line 10)?
Or how can I isolate a specific line from the text (disregard everything except line 10)?

Thanks

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Wetterberg

jit.textfile will happily provide a lot of the functionality you're asking for. I'd use it to locate the specific lines, then atoi/regexp or similar to chop the line.

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StvDee

Thanks Wetterberg for the response. I have looked around and tried a few things, but can't find the correct configuration.

Can you post an example (or anyone who like to share please)?

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StvDee

Alright, solved.

Well the problem was that my text was formatted as a table structure, and had to change that to process it as a list and text.

I then used simple zl, sprintf, and route to get the values I wanted.