parsing text file delimited by semicolons?

[jinchoung]

hi,

so i've run into another programmatic kinda problem that is pretty basic in more standard programming environments but i have no idea how to solve in ctf 2.5...

so i'm trying to make a digital version of a deck of cards that have text on them that will randomly deal out a card...

pretty simple mechanics.

fyi - the text is a bunch of writing prompts. anyway, i have all the text on the cards transferred into a text file and the text on each card is delimited by a semicolon. i can change the delimiter to any symbol (or a carriage return) if ctf has a different symbol it prefers but is there any way, using the objects that ctf 2.5 to populate an array with all the entries in the text file?

for the life of me, i've gone through the likely objects ini file, array, etc and i can't figure out how to do it.

thanks.

jin

[ProdigyX]

You could use the String Parser object, using the semicolon as the delimiter, and then loop through each element in the String Parser's delimited list.

[jinchoung]

oh crap, that sounds like exactly what i need. is that a default, included object? (not currently at my ctf installed computer)

if so, i'm a dope. if not, where might i find that object?

thanks much.

jin

[happygreenfrog]

It's not defaultly installed, but I think you can find it in the extension manager.

[jinchoung]

awesome! that's totally it.

thank you guys!

jin