Does echo print "hello world" > hello.bas count as using an editor :)

One thing that might be worth mentioning is that in FreeBASIC, the "byte" type is signed, while in Visual Basic, "byte" is unsigned. This threw me a bit when I first started using FB.

K, I'll try and work in a sorting algorithm, but first some changes need to be made: First of all, a change in two lines of the parser function: Function Parser(ByVal count as integer, ByVal tmpText as string, ByVal delimiter as ubyte = 9) as string Dim text as string Dim i as integer Dim arg as str...

Yes, I understand now. In the bad code, when the inner "for n" loop finished, n was equal to lastn + 1. If the array was dimmed up to lastn, then the "print #2, players(n).ipnumber; chr$(9); players(n).playername" statement would cause the program to crash. I've made a couple of ...

I will have a look over the code, to see if I can find anything wrong with it. If you could let me know which version of the compiler you're using, that might be helpful too. Er yes, I forgot to mention about the DIMs. You told me the input data was six lines, so I made the array big enough for that...

[quote="ltd"]would it be easier to sort by playername? it's not that big of deal. i'm still testing the program, when i checked it this morning, the program had crashed, and the output file called "playersIP.txt" was empty. I was playing around w/ it today w/ my test files & ...

That would be possible, but a bit tricky. You'll have to have a sort routine between checking for duplicates and writing the file. And if you want to sort by IP number, you'll have to write a function that will convert the IP number string to an integer. The converting function probably wouldn't be ...

It's good to see that you're starting to adapt the code, to get it to do what you want it to do. OK, I don't know if this is the best way to do it, but this is how I'd check for duplicates: Basically, when I'm outputting the data, for each line, I'll first check each subsequent line to see if it has...

I put all the code togther, it's failing @ the print function. The error says "array not dimensioned, before: ' (' ": print #2, playerdata(n).ipnumber; chr$(9); playerdata(n).playername playerdata is a type, not an array. I believe you already have an array defined for that information, d...

i wonder would it be a bad idea to suggest using a comma separated list for these files? It would help by preventing confusion between tabs and spaces, and it could allow you to use INPUT without needing a parsing function, but I don't know if the input file format can be changed to that, and thing...

The main reason why your code isn't working is because you've put "Parser$(4,text n)" instead of "Parser$(4,text(n))". OK, it's occurred to me that playersinput.txt and playersoutput.txt are in different formats. So when you're reading in both files, you'll need to put them in th...

If you write the sub or function before the code that calls it, then you don't have to declare it.

ok, my code is not right, how do you "do until" or "do while" for data that is stored in an array, not a file? OPEN "playersinput.txt" FOR INPUT AS #1 OPEN "playersoutput.txt" FOR APPEND AS #2 DIM lines() AS STRING redim lines(0 to 10) n = n + 1 DO WHILE NOT ...

Thanks for taking time to help me, I really appreciate it. First, a question: is it nessasary to redim "lines", can't I just start like this?: dim lines(1 to 100) as string That line creates a static (fixed size) array, which mean you won't be able change its size while the program is run...

Sorry if I'm oversimplifying things a bit. I'll try and post some more helpful information. OK, first of all, you'll need to make an array of strings, call it 'lines', say: dim lines() as string At the moment the array's size is zero, so you'll need to give it a range of numbers to work with. Say 1 ...