Description
Use the SkipSpaces method to skip white spaces, tabulations, end of line characters and control characters and move the cursor position to the first meaningful character.
Declaration
aqTextFileObj.SkipSpaces()
| aqTextFileObj | An expression, variable or parameter that specifies a reference to an aqTextFile object | |||
| Result | Boolean | |||
Applies To
The method is applied to the following object:
Result Value
True if the cursor position has changed, and False otherwise.
Example
The code below opens the specified file for both reading and writing and adds some text to it. After that, the routine starts reading the file content, jumps over the leading spaces and posts the residual string to the test log.
JavaScript, JScript
function SkipSpacesExample()
{
var sPath = "D:\\Files\\MyFile.txt";
// Opens the specified file for reading and writing
var myFile = aqFile.OpenTextFile(sPath, aqFile.faReadWrite, aqFile.ctANSI);
// Writes data to the file
myFile.WriteLine(" Hello, world.");
myFile.SetPosition(0, 0);
myFile.SkipSpaces();
var Str = myFile.ReadString(12);
// Posts the current symbol to the test log
Log.Message(Str);
// Closes the file and saves the changes
myFile.Close();
}
Python
def SkipSpacesExample():
sPath = "D:\\Files\\MyFile.txt"
# Opens the specified file for reading and writing
myFile = aqFile.OpenTextFile(sPath, aqFile.faReadWrite, aqFile.ctANSI)
# Writes data to the file
myFile.WriteLine(" Hello, world.")
myFile.SetPosition(0, 0)
myFile.SkipSpaces()
Str = myFile.ReadString(12)
# Posts the current symbol to the test log
Log.Message(Str)
# Closes the file and saves the changes
myFile.Close()VBScript
Sub SkipSpacesExample
sPath = "D:\Files\MyFile.txt"
' Opens the specified file for reading and writing
Set myFile = aqFile.OpenTextFile(sPath, aqFile.faReadWrite, aqFile.ctANSI)
' Writes data to the file
myFile.WriteLine(" Hello, world.")
Call myFile.SetPosition(0, 0)
myFile.SkipSpaces
Str = myFile.ReadString(12)
' Posts the current symbol to the test log
Log.Message(Str)
' Closes the file and saves the changes
myFile.Close
End Sub
DelphiScript
function SkipSpacesExample;
var sPath, myFile, Str;
begin
sPath := 'D:\Files\MyFile.txt';
// Opens the specified file for reading and writing
myFile := aqFile.OpenTextFile(sPath, aqFile.faReadWrite, aqFile.ctANSI);
// Writes data to the file
myFile.WriteLine(' Hello, world.');
myFile.SetPosition(0, 0);
myFile.SkipSpaces();
Str := myFile.ReadString(12);
// Posts the current symbol to the test log
Log.Message(Str);
// Closes the file and saves the changes
myFile.Close();
end;
C++Script, C#Script
function SkipSpacesExample()
{
var sPath = "D:\\Files\\MyFile.txt";
// Opens the specified file for reading and writing
var myFile = aqFile["OpenTextFile"]( sPath, aqFile["faReadWrite"], aqFile["ctANSI"] );
// Writes data to the file
myFile["WriteLine"](" Hello, world.");
myFile["SetPosition"](0, 0);
myFile["SkipSpaces"]();
var Str = myFile["ReadString"](12);
// Posts the current symbol to the test log
Log["Message"](Str);
// Closes the file and saves the changes
myFile["Close"]();
}