Searching for specfic strings in a splitted plsfile?

[xorl]

Hey

I have a problem that annoys me a lot....

i want to extract all titles and songnames within a file, a *.pls file to be exact.

ive read the entire file from beginning to end and ive splitted the text like so..

string[] titles = readpls.Split(new string[] { @"\n", "\\"}, StringSplitOptions.None);

where readpls is the file being read...

now it looks like this for example:

"al twisted and dj jfx feat vicky fee - turn it up.mp3\r\n#extinf:328,al twisted and jfx - raise the roof\r\n"

i want the result to only be the title or song.....namely "ai twisted" on titles and "turn it up" on songs....

would make another string array for songs also. Question is: how do i search for all titles and song names? Do i use regex to match a string/text or do i use indexOf/LastIndexOf to search for a char and the iterate until i get to another char?

Best regards
xorl

[xorl]

Oh yea sorry, my mistake this not a *.pls

this is an *.m3u

[Antenka]

How about splitting like this:
string[] s1 = s.Split(new string[]{".mp3"} ,StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
and then Split('-') ?

[xorl]

hmm yea altho it cannot split correctly on that.

file looks like this unsplitted and unfiltered....

"#extm3u\r\n#extinf:4779,addictive djs - crush on hardcore 3\r\n\\streamripper\\d i g i t a l l y - i m p o r t e d & happyhardcorecom - hardcore - dj mixes, hard dance and nunrg!\\addictive djs - crush on hardcore 3.mp3\r\n#extinf:312,al storm and the acolyte ft lisa abbott - falling through (alistair storm remix)\r\n\\streamripper\\d i g i t a l l y - i m p o r t e d & happyhardcorecom - hardcore - dj mixes, hard dance and nunrg!\\al storm and the acolyte ft lisa abbott - falling through (alistair storm remix).mp3\r\n#extinf:363,al twisted and dj jfx feat vicky fee - turn it up\r\n\\streamripper\\d i g i t a l l y - i m p o r t e d & happyhardcorecom - hardcore - dj mixes, hard dance and nunrg!\\al twisted and dj jfx feat vicky fee - turn it up.mp3\r\n#extinf:328,al twisted and jfx - raise the roof\r

etc etc.

I think i need to split on the given name, not sure and then create certain properties for example titles[].

best regards

[LizR]

Well if you did an initial split on \\ and \r\n, you would have a bunch of stuff and then parts of which would be

#extinf:nnnnn,

so you could find the , and remove upto it, and its your title, or, if it ends in .mp3 its your filename..

[xorl]

Hmmmm i did a split like this

string []titles = readpls.split(new string[]{@"\", @"\r\n"}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

first output:

#extm3u is the header

#extinf looks to be the section for the next name and file

[0] "#extm3u\r\n#extinf:4779,addictive djs - crush on hardcore 3\r\n" //remove with indexof?
[1] "Streamripper"
[2] "addictive djs - crush on hardcore 3.mp3\r\n#extinf:312,al storm and the acolyte ft lisa abbott - falling through (alistair storm remix)\r\n"

ill have to use the remove perhaps to remove everything up on till ',' as u stated. Although im not sure how to remove the second "\r\n" for every title. maybe use lastindexof?

Best regards
xorl

[Antenka]

I can offer you this:
String.Concat(s.Split(new string[] { "\r\n" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries));

where s - is title. Not the best, but it is variant.

[xorl]

Allright.

Thank you both of you.....uve been a great help.

Greatly appreciated from my side.

/Xorl

[Antenka]

:) good luck

[xorl]

Note:

I tried another solution that i had in mind.....although im not sure this works

while (!streamread.EndOfStream)
{
    readpls = srpls.ReadToEnd();
    readpls = readpls.ToLower().Trim();

    int index1 = readpls.LastIndexOf(@"\");
    int index2 = readpls.LastIndexOf(".");

    string output = readpls.Substring(index1 + 1, index2 - index1 - 1);
}

this did return the name of the last element on the m3u list. Not sure this is optimal though.
Need to declare a string array to hold the title elements on every line. Does ReadToEnd() really work with that?

/xorl

[Antenka]

If the files that youll working with will be not to large, I think, you can use It. But in case bigger files, I prefer to use, for example, ReadLine() function to reach the end of file.

[xorl]

Hey

Performance wise, is ReadLine() faster and less memory consuming when reading files?
m3u and pls can get quite large so ill have to use that then.

Thanks
/xorl

[Antenka]

ReadLine() is not the only one, there are a few not less interesting functions in StreamReader class ... pay attention to it.
And there's a few functions in Stream class (for example to move the cursor).

[LizR]

Hmmmm i did a split like this

string []titles = readpls.split(new string[]{@"\", @"\r\n"},

[snip]

Hmmmm i did a split like this
[0] "#extm3u\r\n#extinf:4779,addictive djs - crush on hardcore 3\r\n" //remove with indexof?
[1] "Streamripper"
[2] "addictive djs - crush on hardcore 3.mp3\r\n#extinf:312,al storm and the acolyte ft lisa abbott - falling through (alistair storm remix)\r\n"

Well I guess thats what happens when you tell it to take as litteral the escape characters you were trying to split at..

sigh

[xorl]

Hey

Yea well.....i was actually trying different variants my friend. nothing worked.....
just gotta find the right split......

how would you split it then?

/xorl

[Antenka]

Can you attach whole file m3u, that you are working with?

[LizR]

how would you split it then?/xorl

I already said how Id split it - I just wouldnt have made it so it was a physical string of \r\n, but the escape characters.

[xorl]

I already said how Id split it - I just wouldnt have made it so it was a physical string of \r\n, but the escape characters.

Ok. I know what u mean now. Ill try to split the actual chars then. Thanks.

/xorl

[xorl]

Can you attach whole file m3u, that you are working with?

Hey

ehm, you can always make ur own m3u in winamp. i could however do that if you specifically want the m3u im working on.

/xorl

[Antenka]

No, there is no necessity. I just forgot, that I can create my own :)

[xorl]

Hey

It worked well with that split

string []titles = lines.split(new char[]{'\\', '\n', '\r'});

now i should be able todo a remove

/xorl

[xorl]

hey

it works well now....didnt even need to split the file. just do a search for a certain char '#' and skip the line if char is on the line.....that simple =).

another problem with my m3u file is that it wasnt generated correctly in winamp. No searchpaths was added like it should. dont know why, but i think my version of winamp is buggy. both m3u and pls saving in winamp generate the same incorrect result.

Anyway the problem is solved...thanks for the help

/xorl