Is the file name the empty string, or a string consisting of one space, or a string containing double quote, space, double quote, comma, backtick, backslash, zero, backtick?
All of these can be detected by strcmp
(Or is there even another space before the first double quote?)
Hi all,
I have tried the following simple code in ksh. (length.sh)
#! /usr/bin/ksh
var="xxxxxx0987890"
echo stringlength is ${#var}
but this gives me a error saying "length.sh: bad substitution"
Can some one please help me in resolving this. (4 Replies)
Hi guys, I hope you can help me with my problem.
I have a text file that contains lines like this:
78 ANGELO -809.05
79 ANGELO2 -5,000.06
I need to find all occurences of amounts that are negative and replace them with x's
78 ANGELO xxxxxxx
79... (4 Replies)
Hello All,
Plz help me with:
I have a csv file with data separated by ',' and optionally enclosed by "". I want to check each of these values to see if they exceed the specified string length, and if they do I want to cut just that value to the max length allowed and keep the csv format as it... (9 Replies)
Hi
lets say i have a variable
output="string"
how can you find the length of the string contained in this variable? i guess "wc" cannot be used. its only for files. (8 Replies)
HI
In my script, i am reading the input from the user and want to find the length of the string.
The input may contain leading spaces. Right now, when leading spaces are there, they are not counted.
Kindly help me
My script is like below. I am using the ksh.
#!/usr/bin/ksh
echo... (2 Replies)
let image that we have string:
QQQQQQQ:ABCDE:FFFFFF:GGGGG
in second field can be 0 or 5 characters
if A exist i need set variable ex: VAR=yes
if B exist i need set variable ex: VAR1=yes
if C exist i need set variable ex: VAR2=yes
etc ...
if second field is empty no variable to set
if... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
One of my source file is having Date column and the format of the column is YYYY-MM-DD. As per my business logic I have to check if the date format either YYY-MM-DD or YYYY-M-DD. If any records are in this format then I have print all the records and send those invalid records through... (4 Replies)
I have this script which is very easy:
file=`echo 01114`
echo $file
01114
then I ran this
if ; then echo "yes";fi
it returned yes even though there are only 5 digits there
So then I tried
file=`echo abcd`
echo $file
abcd
if ]; then echo "yes";fi
if ]; then echo "yes";fi
It... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: newbie2010
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
dbase_create
DBASE_CREATE(3) 1 DBASE_CREATE(3)dbase_create - Creates a databaseSYNOPSIS
int dbase_create (string $filename, array $fields)
DESCRIPTION dbase_create(3) creates a dBase database with the given definition.
Note
When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the files or directories being operated upon have the same UID (owner) as the script
that is being executed.
Note
This function is affected by open_basedir.
PARAMETERS
o $filename
- The name of the database. It can be a relative or absolute path to the file where dBase will store your data.
o $fields
- An array of arrays, each array describing the format of one field of the database. Each field consists of a name, a character
indicating the field type, and optionally, a length, and a precision.
Note
The fieldnames are limited in length and must not exceed 10 chars.
RETURN VALUES
Returns a database link identifier if the database is successfully created, or FALSE if an error occurred.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
Creating a dBase database file
<?php
// database "definition"
$def = array(
array("date", "D"),
array("name", "C", 50),
array("age", "N", 3, 0),
array("email", "C", 128),
array("ismember", "L")
);
// creation
if (!dbase_create('/tmp/test.dbf', $def)) {
echo "Error, can't create the database
";
}
?>
SEE ALSO dbase_open(3), dbase_close(3).
PHP Documentation Group DBASE_CREATE(3)