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Reputation:

How do I use string manipulation on a .txt file with multiple lines

What I'm aiming for is to assign strings,each from a different line(from a txt file),to each its own variable.

example of the txt:

1
2
3

I tried doing it by assigning type output of the txt file on a variable with the for command

FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ('type "textfile.txt"') DO set testingVariable=%%i

%testingVariable% being the variable,I then tried string manipulation like this

set newVariable=%testingVariable:~3,1%

hoping it would come out as 2, the only results I had were either 0 on all 3 numbers or just nothing.

Is there a simple a simple solution to this?

(and if possible try to explain as much as you can as i am still somewhat of a beginner)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 75

Answers (1)

Stephan
Stephan

Reputation: 56180

You want every line into a seperate variable? You need a counter:

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set c=0
FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ('type "textfile.txt"') DO (
  set /a c+=1
  set testingVariable[!c!]=%%i
)
set testingvariable[

... and you need delayed expansion

Note: emty lines are skipped

Upvotes: 1

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