$ini

Returns the name/Nth position of the specified topic/item in an ini/text file.

$ini(file,topic/N,item/N)

Note that the item/N parameter is optional. If you specify N = 0, it returns the total number of topics/items.

Example

echo -a $ini(mirc.ini,0)

Echos the total number of topics in your mirc.ini.

echo -a $ini(mirc.ini,mirc,0)

Echos the total number of items in the topic mirc in your mirc.ini

The following, more complex example shows howto loop through an entire ini file.

; We want to have an alias called showini. At the end, it will be /showini <inifile>
alias showini {
 ; echos ini name
 echo -a $1
 var %i = 1
 ; We begin to loop through all topics. $ini($1,0) returns the total number of topics
 while(%i <= $ini($1,0)) {
  ; echos the name of the current topic
  echo -a - $ini($1,%i)
  ; set a new looping-variable
  var %j = 1
  ; lets begin to loop through all items in the current topic
  while (%j <= $ini($1,%i,0)) {
   ; echo all items in this topic
   ; $ini($1,%i,%j) returns the item name of the %j's item in the %i's section.
   ; $ini($1,%i) returns the %i's section name
   echo -a -- $ini($1,%i,%j) => $readini($1,$ini($1,%i),$ini($1,%i,%j))
   ; increase looping variable
   inc %j
  }
  ; increase first looping-variable
  inc %i
 }
}

See Also

• $readini to see howto read a single line of an ini.
• /writeini to write to an ini file.