find line #3 in each paragraph

if i have a notpad file and want to search it from thired line in each paragraph

and check if first word is 'SOLUTION' then extract some words and go to the next 'SOLUTION' and do the same thing

if first word is 'COMMENT' then take the whole line



(actually it's not a paragraph they are some groups of unrelated lines separated by empty line )

can anyone help..... PLEASE :bigyello:

VB Code:

Private Sub GetData()
    Dim tmp() As String
    
    Open "C:\path\to\filename.txt" For Input As #1
        tmp = Split(Input(LOF(1), 1), vbCrLf)
    Close #1
    
    For x = 0 To UBound(tmp)
        If Left(tmp(x), 8) = "SOLUTION" Then
            'Get words...from tmp(x)
        ElseIf Left(tmp(x), 7) = "COMMENT" Then
            'tmp(x) is the whole line
            WholeLine = tmp(x)
        End If
    Next
 
End Sub

Thank you STATIC
i will try it and replay
thanks again

it works thaks alot





but i have a problem with copying the word i need from each line
how can i these word

i wrote a code to extract them and put them in a list using normal search for a text box not string

how can i get them in case of strings?

VB Code:

Option Explicit
Private Target2Position As Integer
Private TargetPosition As Integer
 
 
' Find the text.
Private Sub cmdFind_Click()
    FindText 1
End Sub
Private Sub FindText(ByVal start_at As Integer)
Dim target As String
Dim pos As Integer
 
Dim target2 As String
Dim pos2 As Integer
 
    target = "SOLUTION"
    target2 = ")"
    
    pos = InStr(start_at, txtBody.Text, target)
      
    If pos > 0 Then
        'We found it.
        start_at = pos + 12
        
       pos2 = InStr(start_at, txtBody.Text, target2)
       Target2Position = pos2
       
        
        TargetPosition = pos
        txtBody.SelStart = TargetPosition + 12
        txtBody.SelLength = Target2Position - TargetPosition - 13
        txtBody.SetFocus
        
    Else
        'We did not find it.
        MsgBox "Not found."
        txtBody.SetFocus
    End If
        Text1.Text = txtBody.SelText
        List1.AddItem (Text1.Text)
   
    cmdFind.Enabled = False
    End Sub
 
' Find the next occurrance of the text.
Private Sub cmdFindNext_Click()
    FindText Target2Position + 1
    
    
End Sub

sample of text
INPUT STRING: البحرين
LOOK-UP WORD: AlbHryn
SOLUTION 1: (AlbaHorayoni) [baHorayoni_1] Al/DET+baHorayoni/NOUN_PROP
(GLOSS): the + Bahrain +
SOLUTION 2: (AlbaHorayoni) [baHor_1] Al/DET+baHor/NOUN+ayoni/NSUFF_MASC_DU_ACCGEN
(GLOSS): the + sea + two

INPUT STRING: هايسث
LOOK-UP WORD: hAysv
Comment: hAysv NOT FOUND

in your sample text.. what are u trying to get in the solution lines...?

sorry for being late there was a problem with my unternet connection
anyway



this is the original text
Hello ( هايسث شمس البحرين تنكسف


1.for the first word(هايسث ) this should be extracted----
hAysv NOT FOUND

2.شمس words are---
$amasa
$amisa
$am~asa
$amos

3.البحرين
AlbaHorayoni
AlbaHorayoni

4. تنكسف
tanokasif
tanokasif


8. Hello:
Non-Alphabetic Data


9. ( :
Non-Alphabetic Data




these words should be shown in a popup menu for each word in the original text


there is lots of details that i should include in the popup menu but i want to finish this part first

COLOR=Blue]sample of text that should be processed

INPUT STRING: هايسث
LOOK-UP WORD: hAysv
Comment: hAysv NOT FOUND

INPUT STRING: شمس
LOOK-UP WORD: $ms
SOLUTION 1: ($amasa) [$amas-u_1] $amas/VERB_PERFECT+a/PVSUFF_SUBJ:3MS
(GLOSS): + be headstrong + he/it <verb>
SOLUTION 2: ($amisa) [$amis-a_1] $amis/VERB_PERFECT+a/PVSUFF_SUBJ:3MS
(GLOSS): + be sunny + he/it <verb>
SOLUTION 3: ($am~asa) [$am~as_1] $am~as/VERB_PERFECT+a/PVSUFF_SUBJ:3MS
(GLOSS): + expose to the sun + he/it <verb>
SOLUTION 4: ($amos) [$amos_1] $amos/NOUN
(GLOSS): + sun +
SOLUTION 5: ($amos) [$amos_2] $amos/NOUN_PROP
(GLOSS): + Shams +

INPUT STRING: البحرين
LOOK-UP WORD: AlbHryn
SOLUTION 1: (AlbaHorayoni) [baHorayoni_1] Al/DET+baHorayoni/NOUN_PROP
(GLOSS): the + Bahrain +
SOLUTION 2: (AlbaHorayoni) [baHor_1] Al/DET+baHor/NOUN+ayoni/NSUFF_MASC_DU_ACCGEN
(GLOSS): the + sea + two

INPUT STRING: تنكسف
LOOK-UP WORD: tnksf
SOLUTION 1: (tanokasif) [{inokasaf_1] ta/IV3FS+nokasif/VERB_IMPERFECT
(GLOSS): it/they/she + be eclipsed/be ashamed/blush +
SOLUTION 2: (tanokasif) [{inokasaf_1] ta/IV2MS+nokasif/VERB_IMPERFECT
(GLOSS): you [masc.sg.] + be eclipsed/be ashamed/blush +


INPUT STRING: Hello
Comment: Non-Alphabetic Data

INPUT STRING: (
Comment: Non-Alphabetic Data

using the code posted by static, this will return the value you are looking for

VB Code:

If Left(tmp(x), 8) = "SOLUTION" Then
            MsgBox Mid(tmp(x), InStr(1, tmp(x), "(") + 1, InStr(1, tmp(x), ")") - InStr(1, tmp(x), "(") - 1)
            
        ElseIf Left(tmp(x), 7) = "COMMENT" Then

pete

you want to display these in a popup menu???

what would you be clicking on to trigger this?? (Im confused as to how u want to display these)

the sample below would add them to a listbox

VB Code:

Private Sub GetData()
    Dim tmp() As String
    Dim Words() As String
    Open "C:\path\to\filename.txt" For Input As #1
        tmp = Split(Input(LOF(1), 1), vbCrLf)
    Close #1
    
    For x = 0 To UBound(tmp)
        If Left(tmp(x), 8) = "SOLUTION" Then
            Words = Split(tmp(x), "(")
            List1.AddItem Left(Words(0), InStr(Words(0), ")"))
        ElseIf Left(tmp(x), 7) = "COMMENT" Then
            Words = Split(tmp(x), ":")
            List1.AddItem Words(1)
        ElseIf Left(tmp(x), 5) = "INPUT" Then
            Words = Split(tmp(x), ":")
            List1.AddItem Words(1)
        End If
    Next
 
End Sub

Yes :D WESTCONN!
STATIC
thats it

i combined the two scripts and got what i want thanks


now how can i put them in a popup menu not all in on popup
but for each word different popup menu contains its solutions in case of arabic word
- a popup with (NOT FOUND) in case of arabic word with no meaning
- a popup with (Non-Alphabetic Data)or(not arabic word) in case of english words

etc.


as shown in the text file