PROGRAM HI_There; (* Syntax: there textfile number /quotedstring where textfile is filename, number is a line offset, & quotedstring is a group of characters without embedded control codes. Purpose is to go to a given line offset in the text file, search that line for the string, and report via DOS error 1=True or 0=False depending upon if it was there. Example: there.exe there.pas 0 /'program' would return error level 1 (True) since 'program' is on the first line. Author: John Howard Date: January 5, 1994 Copyright 1994 Howard International, P.O. Box 34633, NKC, MO 64116 Restrictions: You are free to use this program but I retain commercial ownership. You may not charge someone to use this program. Note: Case sensitive. Front or Back quote is removed. No trailing whitespace is removed from the string. Zero-based line offset. Returns DOS error level values: 0 thru 4 ******* *) {$DEFINE debug} VAR F: text; (* CHAIN.TXT dropfile used by WWIV BBS *) LineNo: word; (* Line Number from 0..65535 *) S: string; (* Substring of 1..255 characters *) CmdLine: string; (* string[127] command-line string *) Test: string; (* temporary search line *) Code: integer; (* temporary result of VAL conversion *) I: word; (* temporary index of current line *) B: byte; (* temporary index of command-line string *) BEGIN { MAIN } {$I-} (* Turn OFF input/output checking to prevent run-time error *) (* Open an existing text file *) Assign(F, ParamStr(1)); Reset(F); {$I+} (* Turn ON I/O *) if (IOResult <> 0) then Halt(2); {writeln('File not found');} (* Get text from command line and convert into a number *) Val(ParamStr(2), LineNo, Code); if Code <> 0 then Halt(3); {writeln('Bad number at position: ', Code);} (* Get quoted string or un-broken string. NO end whitespace removed! *) Move(Mem[PrefixSeg:$80], CmdLine, Mem[PrefixSeg:$80] + 1); S := CmdLine; {$IFDEF debug} writeln(S); {$ENDIF} B := Pos( '/', S); {$IFDEF debug} writeln('CmdLine pos ', B); {$ENDIF} Delete(S, 1, B); if S[1] = #39 then Delete(S, 1, 1); (* start quote *) if S[Length(S)] = #39 then Delete(S, Length(S), 1); (* end quote *) if S = '' then Halt(4); {writeln('Empty string not allowed');} {$IFDEF debug} writeln('Line: ', LineNo); {$ENDIF} {$IFDEF debug} writeln(S); {$ENDIF} (* Go to specified line within text file *) I := 0; while not Eof(F) do begin Readln(F, Test); {$IFDEF debug} writeln(Test); {$ENDIF} if (I = LineNo) then begin if Pos(S, Test) > 0 then (* String S matched substr Test at position *) begin Close(F); {$IFDEF debug} writeln('True ', I); {$ENDIF} Halt(1); (* Return True *) end else (* Search string not found *) begin Close(F); {$IFDEF debug} writeln('False ', I); {$ENDIF} Halt(0); (* Return False *) end; end; (* Move to the next line *) if (I < 65535) then INC(I) {I := I + 1} else begin Close(F); Halt(0); end; end; {while} (* Close the existing text file *) Close(F); Halt(0); (* Return False *) END. { MAIN }