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Originally posted by robert_dll
And how can I read something specific? For example, if I want to read the text next to "hi" in a file which content is "hi robert".

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• If you want to read the first word of a file, you can use a regular expression on the file's content:
  

  Javascript code:

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  var sContent = "hi robert";
  var sResult = sContent.match(/^\b(\w+)\b/)[1];
  // Result now equals "hi" as this is the first word

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• If you know that "robert" is always the second word in the file and need to know what's in front of it:
  

  Javascript code:

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  var sContent = "hi robert";
  var sResult = sContent.match(/^(.+)\srobert/)[1];
  // Result now equals "hi" as this comes before "robert"

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