Re: News system in one file _or_ how to read lines from a file

On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, ext Jason Lavigne wrote: > > The format of the file is: > > > > <item> > > title....|date|author > > text > > > > <item> > > .... > > > > > > and so on. > > > > I want a piece of code that reads the very first line after <item> and > > data=explodes ("|" , 1st_line), uses data[1], data[2] and data[3] to set > > the table structure and reads the rest of the text as the news itself. > > > > until it arrives to next item... and repeats again till the end of the > > file. > > > > Any help? How can i read just the 1st line after every <item>? How can I count the number of <items> to use in if{} statements? daTa