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komalak11's avatar
komalak11
Contributor
6 years ago

Unable to read a text file

Hi,   I am trying to read a text file placed on the desktop using the following piece of code. Unfortunately, the text which is read is gibberish. Can someone please help me out how to read text ...
AlexKaras's avatar
AlexKaras
Champion Level 3

Hi,

 

Just to double-check: are you sure that the file is really in Unicode format, but not in, say, UTF-8 one?

 

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komalak11
Contributor
6 years ago

Hi,

 

Yes I changed the Unicode format.

 

Now that has been resolved, how to access the content of this file and search for a word within this file?

  • anupamchampati's avatar
    anupamchampati
    Frequent Contributor
    6 years ago

    Open file in Notepad and save in unicode or whatever format you are using in TextCoding Type

    aqFile.ctANSI 20 ANSI
    aqFile.ctUnicode 21 Unicode (UTF-16)
    aqFile.ctUTF8 22 UTF8

     

    2. for searching in particular line use

    var myFile = aqFile.OpenTextFile(sPath, aqFile.faRead, aqFile.ctUnicode);

    while(! myFile.IsEndOfFile())
      {
        s = myFile.ReadLine();
        ////use :aqstring.find

    aqString.Find(InputString, SubString, StartPosition, CaseSensitive)

     
      }

    • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
      TanyaYatskovska
      SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
      6 years ago

      Thanks for your help, guys!

       

      komalak11, did these suggestions help you resolve the question? Please mark the best answer as a solution.

  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    Champion Level 3
    6 years ago

    Hi,

     

    The content of the file is in the sFile variable.

    You may use methods provided by the aqString object (see help for details) or use regular expressions or any other means that works best for the given file content.