Re: How can I perform following task
Re: How can I perform following task
I know this has been solved, but it could also be done in plain vanilla applescript with no need for any OSAX or shell.
OMM, the script below takes 5 seconds.
Of course, shell scripting and grep may be faster, but based on the Bert's request, AppleScript is probably fast enough.
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property myText : ""
set startTime to current date
set barcodeFile to alias "Macintosh HD:Users:edstockly:Desktop:barcodetest"
set myText to read barcodeFile
repeat 100 times
set myBarcodeNr to "8717545743119"
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {myBarcodeNr}
set myText to text items of myText
set articleNumber to the last word of item 1 of myText
end repeat
set endTime to current date
set elapsedTime to endTime - startTime
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On Dec 16, 2010, at 3:35am, Bert Groeneveld wrote:
> 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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