GetFilesInFolder(string folder, string mask, boolean recursive, boolean fullPath, boolean caseInsensitive, boolean ignoreDiacritics, table allowedExtensions, int maxNbOfResults)

BrowseFolder(...) needs a callback function, and has a bug: here is a fixed and simplified version.

Return

table: File names: array of string, in alphabetic order

CreateFolders(string fullPath)

Create all folders that build a path.

The MyrScript CreateFolder(...) (without ending 's') function doesn't create subfolders. This function (with an ending 's') call as many times as needed the CreateFolder(...).
Another way to explain:
CreateFolders("C:/a/b") ensure that folder "a" is created in "C:", then next "b" is created in "a".
If fullPath already exist, nothing is done.

Return

Error message as string or 0 if no error.

FileReadLines(string path, int stringEncoding, int crlf, boolean errorIfNotFound)

Syntaxic sugar to read all lines of a file, and return a table of them.

Note:

• encoding is supposed to be UTF-8 BOM and lines terminated by Macintosh CR.
• Convenient for small files when full content have to been read and stored.

Return

table: Table of string, one item per line

Errors

if argument is not a string

if file can't be read

See

FileWriteLines

Example

 local lines = FileReadLines("/path/to/myConfigFile.txt")
 print(lines[1]) -- first line of the config file

FileWriteLines(string path, table lines, function formatFunc, int stringEncoding, int crlf)

Syntaxic sugar to writes a table of strings as lines in a file.

Collection and Map are also handled, and an optional formating function can transform lines before writing. Notes:

• The file is overwritten,
• Encoding is UTF-8 BOM and lines are terminated by Macintosh CR.

Errors

if arguments have bad type.

if file can't be written.

See

FileReadLines

Examples

 local lines = FileReadLines("/path/to/myConfigFile.txt")
 lines[1] = "0" -- change a value in the config file
 FileWriteLines("/path/to/myConfigFile.txt", lines)

 local map = Map:new("number", "string", SORT_ASCENDING)
 map:put(1, "one"); map:put(2, "two"); map:put(3, "three")
  FileWriteLines("/path/to/file/count.txt", map,
   function(key,value) return tostring(key).."="..strupper(value); end)
 )
 -- outputs 3 lines 1=ONE, 2=TWO and 3=THREE

ScriptReadVersion(string file)

Read the version of a script.

Look for the --VERSION: x.y in first 30 lines of source code.

Return

string: A version in the x.y.z or yyyyMMdd form (as source code), or nil if file doesn't exist or version not found.

CompareTextFiles(string file1, string file2)

Compare two text files, returns a diff-like format.

The diff format is used for data comparison, or, in development environnement, to compare old and new lines of source code.

Returns

table: Lines in approximate diff format:

• Added lines start with a + (plus)
• Removed lines start with a - (minus)
• Common lines (unchanged) start with a space.

int: Number of added lines

int: Number of removed lines

int: Number of unchanged lines

See

CompareTables

CompareStrings

StructureReader.loadFile(string fileName)

Load a structured-text file.

Return

StructureReader: StructureReader

Error

if fileName can't be read