EFS Include Function

[werosen]

Does anyone have a way to include an external text file when creating a study with EFS (or make a call from a common location for text)? I don't want to have to retype the same text multiple times as I am writing the code, just make a call to a text file where I can write the code one time, and when I want to make changes to the code I will only have to make changes to that text in one place.

Thanks

[ACM]

werosen
As suggested in the Posting Guidelines link that Steve provided in his reply to the same question you asked in another thread post your code or a working example of what you are trying to accomplish and someone may be able to help
Alex

[werosen]

Example

if( w = x)
{
var1 = abcdefg;
var2 =hijklmno;
"Continued typing with lots of other code"
}

if( w = y)
{
var1 = abcdefg;
var2 =hijklmno;
"Continued typing with lots of other code"
}

if( w = z)
{
var1 = abcdefg;
var2 =hijklmno;
"Continued typing with lots of other code"
}

Is there a function to call a text file, that contains the text:

var1 = abcdefg
var2 =hijklmno
"Continued typing with lots of other code"

such that I don't have to type all these lines over again in 28 places, and if I make a change in one of these lines, I only have to change it in one place. If you know ASP or PHP, this would be the equavalent to an 'include statement'.

[Doji3333]

Try this..

function main() {

if( w = x)
{
MyCustomFunction();
"Continued typing with lots of other code"
}

if( w = y)
{
MyCustomFunction();
"Continued typing with lots of other code"
}

if( w = z)
{
MyCustomFunction();
"Continued typing with lots of other code"
}

}


function MyCustomFunction()
{
var1 = abcdefg;
var2 =hijklmno;
}

You can create as many sub functions as you like. You can also read up on EFS2 and it's INCLUDE feature (libraries). But this should do the trick for you.

B

[werosen]

Actually, I just want to include the text, not calculate a value. My example was intended to illustrate the text I wanted to include, and not demonstrate a value I wanted to calculate.

When I say text, I mean text in a literal sense, as in the characters I actually type on my keyboard. Therefore the question being:

Is there a function to call a text file, such that I don't have to type all these lines over again in 28 places, and if I make a change in one of these lines, I only have to change it in one place. If you know ASP or PHP, this would be the equavalent to an 'include statement'.

[Doji3333]

Sure...

You can use this basic "file read" structure to create a function to load data from a text file...

var f = new File("TestFolder/testReadWrite.txt");
f.open("rt");

var line;
while(!f.eof()) {
line = f.readln();
debugPrintln("Line: [" + line + "]");
}

f.close();


this example READS the TXT file from the formulaoutput directory.

You should use "line.split(",")" to split the line into components..

for example.. you read a line..

date, time, identifier, text

the split function breaks that line into 4 segments. Here is an example of a function that loads and matches an ID..

function LoadDataFile(vID) {

var vDataFile = "mydatafile.txt";
var line;
var IDFound = false;


  debugPrintln("Attempting to load "+vDataFile );
//if (v.exists()) {
  debugPrintln("Reading "+vDataFile );
v.open("rt");
if(v.open()) {
  debugPrintln(vDataFile +" Opened");
    while((!v.eof()) && (!IDFound )){
     line = v.readln();
     if (line) {
        PosCount = line.split(",");
   //     debugPrintln(line);
      if (PosCount[2] == vID) {
//        debugPrintln(line);
        YourDate = PosCount[0];
        YourTime = PosCount[1];
        YourText = PosCount[3];
        IDFound = true;
      }
     }
    }

 debugPrintln(vDataFile +" Loaded  ");
} else {
 debugPrintln("ERROR - "+vDataFile +" Not Found!");
}
v = null;
} 

Hope this helps..