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Randomizine lines and reoginize them

soeeom
New User

Jul 3, 2011, 10:44 PM

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Randomizine lines and reoginize them	Can't Post

Hi all, This isn't as easy as the title sounds Wink

What I have (this is an experiment) A file containing something like the one below

Code

rbla blabla ( bla ) 
bla bla = bla 
bla,bla

ok, crazy huh, well what I'm in need of doing is randomly placing a new line after each special character. So the outcome could be:

Code

rbla blabla (  
bla ) 
bla bla = 
 bla 
bla,bla

Code

rbla blabla ( bla  
) 
bla bla = bla 
bla, 
bla

and so on..
after this, i want it to be saved to it's original file. but the catch is, that next time it deals with the modified content it will rebuild it back to how it was in the very beginning, removing the new lines and putting them back to how they were originally, preventing it from being randomized twice.

thanks .. i know it's allot to ask, either this or i'll be posting on freelancers

BillKSmith
Veteran

Jul 4, 2011, 10:38 AM

Post #2 of 2 (1186 views)

Re: [soeeom] Randomizine lines and reoginize them [In reply to]	Can't Post

It is impossible to undo the transformation because there is no way to tell new newlines from original ones. Why not make a back-up file? The existence of the back-up would tell you that the file had been processed at least once.
Good Luck,
Bill

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