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How to find string in a file?

Is there any convenient way to handle this?

Thank you!
Nov 17 '05 #1
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Ryan,

how about reading the file into a string and doing a string search on
the string?

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Is there any convenient way to handle this?

Thank you!

Nov 17 '05 #2
Ryan,

Not when you don't know how that string is placed in that file.

Cor
Nov 17 '05 #3

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