Ed,
Using fseek etc. to randomly access a file is only
useful if the data
size stays exactly the same. For example, if you
wanted to replace 247
with 2947 you'd have a problem because the
replacement is longer,
which means the rest of the file would need
to all be moved down a
character.
The more common way to
handle this is to effectively copy the file to
a new one and
replace the values you want as you go. That way the two
files can
end up different lengths.
The way I'd typically do it would
be:
- Open the existing file with read access.
- Create a
new temporary file with write access.
- Read from the existing and
write to the new with your modifications.
- Close both
files.
If all that goes smoothly, then:
- Delete the
original file.
- Rename the temporary file to the name of the
original one.
For temporary files, I usually pick something
like $$MyTemp.$$$ as a
filename to minimise the risk that the file
might exist already with
something else in it, otherwise it would
get deleted. If you're really
concerned about that, you can test
for it by trying to open the file
first with read-only access. If
the open fails, then you know the file
doesn't exist. If the open
is successful though, then it does (and
should be closed again). Of
course it could just be an unwanted
temporary file from a previous
pass that never got deleted for some
reason, which is why I
generally just pick a highly unlikely name and
don't even bother
testing if it exists already.
Regards,
GP
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
"Edward Pottasch"
<empottasch@...>
wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> I want to replace numbers inside a file. For instance if I
have a
text file containing the lines:
>
> SELL, 247,
JNS, STK, SMART, LMT, 32.05, 3,
> SELL, 244, SIGM, STK, SMART,
LMT, 34.15, 3,
>
> I want to replace 247 with 248 and 244
with 245.
>
> According to my latest information this
should be possible in
Amibroker using fh = fopen(basketName, "r+");
>
> The C runtime library mode "r+"
>
> I
have been looking for examples how to do such a think in C.
It
seems that I will need additional functions like rewind, fseek
etc
which do not seem available in AFL. I haven't got a clue but
it
should be possible in AFL as well. Anyone with experience in C
would
know how to do this?
>
> Below some code that
reads a file containing the lines I want to
replace. Now I need
additional code that does the actual replacement.
>
>
thanks, Ed
>
>
>
>
> basketName =
"C:\\tt.txt";
>
>
> // open file
> fh
= fopen(basketName, "r+");
>
> if(fh) {
>
> while( !feof(fh )) {
>
> // format basket line:
SELL, 100, CHRW, STK, SMART, LMT,
52.44, 1,
> ss =
fgets(fh);
>
> // string length
> sl =
StrLen(ss);
> // storage array
> strpos = 0;
>
> cnt = 0;
> for (i=0; i<sl; i++) {
>
>
if (StrMid(ss,i,1) == ",") {
>
> strpos[ cnt ] = i;
> cnt = cnt + 1;
>
> }
>
> }
>
> // check if we did read a blank line
> if
(cnt > 0) {
>
> // extract action (BUY or SELL)
> sp1 = strpos[ 0 ];
> actn = StrMid(ss,0,sp1);
>
> // extract number of shares
> sp2 = strpos[ 1
];
> nos = StrMid(ss,sp1 + 2, sp2 - sp1 - 2); nos =
StrToNum(nos);
>
> // extract ticker, e.g. CHRW
> sp3 = strpos[ 2 ];
> tckr = StrMid(ss,sp2 + 2,sp3 -
sp2 - 2);
>
> // extract limit price
> sp6 =
strpos[ 5 ];
> sp7 = strpos[ 6 ];
> lprc = StrMid(ss,sp6
+ 2,sp7 - sp6 - 2); lprc =
StrToNum(lprc);
>
>
// extract whether trade is (1) an entry order, (2) an exit
order,
or (3) a profit stop order
> sp7 = strpos[ 6 ];
> sp8 =
strpos[ 7 ];
> ee = StrMid(ss,sp7 + 2,sp8 - sp7 - 2); ee =
StrToNum(ee);
>
>
>
> // construct
new line
> newl = actn + ", " + nos + ", " + tckr + ", " +
"STK,
SMART, LMT, " + ee + ",";
>
> }
>
> }
>
> fclose(fh);
>
> } else {
>
> printf("ERROR: file can not be found (does not
exist)");
>
> }
>