How can I perform following task
How can I perform following task
- Subject: How can I perform following task
- From: Bert Groeneveld <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:35:37 +0100
Given a tab delimited .txt file (named codes.txt) that has a format like this:
Articlenr. Barcodenumber Type Description
010013 5602007143664 EAN13 FAXPAPER A4 (PACK A 500)
010014 8717545743119 EAN13 ORANGE T-SHIRT
010020 7640115940186 EAN13 TONER CANON E30 TBV FC2XX
I show only a header and 3 lines here, but the actual file has a header and 27,000 lines
Question: How can I (as quickly as possible) perform the following task with applescript:
Given a barcodenumber as string, for example, I know the value of myBarcodeNr which is: set myBarcodeNr to "8717545743119"
I need to find out the corresponding articlenumber that stands before the barcodenumber on the same line of the tab delimited txt file, in this example that would be articlenumber "010014" and store that value in a variable myArticleNr.
Hope someone can help with a smart piece of code that executes fast (I hope in just a few seconds).
Thanks in advance,
Bert.
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