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[Guest]

I'm a newbie at this.
I'm trying to grab some floating numbers to be processed with various calculations. The file format I'm attempting to grab from is below.

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Text Text Textt Text Txt
12.34.5678 12:34 1.2345 2.3456 3.4567 4.5678

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All of the "spaces" are tabs, except for the one preceding the numbers
with a colon (. I need to get the 4 sets of floats, after the colon number, and asign them to a variable, and then perform the various math calculations on the variables. From there, I would like to be able to paste the results on the 2nd empty line below, in a high to low order separated by spaces.
This is probably very easy for many of you, but this is what I've tried, but get no results. Here I'm actually trying to get the last 3 floating numbers.

; -----
FileRead, testvar, file.txt
if var is float
StringTrimLeft, Num2, float, 24
StringTrimLeft, Num3, float, 40
StringTrimLeft, Num4, float, 48
; This is just to test if the variable is there.
MsgBox, %Num2%
MsgBox, %Num3%
MsgBox, %Num4%
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I've tried different trim numbers and still can't seem to get the variables.
Laughing is ok.

[Invalid User]

StringSplit, OutputArray, InputVar [, Delimiters, OmitChars, FutureUse]

This should work

"For example: `, (an escaped comma) would divide the string based on every occurrence of a comma. Similarly, %A_Tab%%A_Space% would create a new array element every time a space or tab is encountered in InputVar"

This is from the delimiter area, so you could find each floating # by the space between them

Help?
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[Guest]

Thanks Invalid, I'll try that.
I did just realize that I do need to grab the 4 sets separated by tabs and not by a fixed place, because other sets of floats will be different.
some will be like this:
1.2345 2.3456 3.4567 4.5678

and some will be like this:
12.34 56.78 90.12 34.56

all separated by tabs.
But how do get only the last 4 sets? Could I delimit the first 2 parts some how?

these2 parts needs to be ignored these 4 are needed
12.34.5678 12:34 1.2345 2.3456 3.4567 4.5678

[Guest]

that didn't print out right.

these first 2 parts needs to be ignored or delimited.
12.34.5678 12:34

these 4 are needed.
1.2345 2.3456 3.4567 4.5678

They are all on the same line as in the first post.

[Invalid User]

[Guest]

[Invalid User]

hmm Are these numbers in a file, or in a "status" like text box in another application, ...LIKE in an editor of somesort that is

if they are in a file see these in the help
FileRead
FileReadLine
Loop, Read
(and probly most of the related subject within each)

if they are text in a control in a an App maybe

ControlGet
ControlGetText
perhaps, WinGetText
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[Invalid User]

Good call BoBo, I was gonna write some examples simular to yours there, but I am busy, I bet he/she(?) will get that with all the comments there. Nice
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[Guest]

[Guest]

Using a Loop example, I inserted an if float and it worked, as far as I can tell. Suggestions?

[toralf]

You could use StringSplit to get the A_LoopReadLine into an Array. Then you could check the array items individually if they are float and use them for your math.
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[BoBo]

[toralf]

Just a small tweak, the statement