How to delete an empty line in a text file using wse (Wisescript)

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Uma
October 14th, 2009

Hi,
I have a simple text file with multiple lines. For example:

Text Line 1
Text Line 2
Text Line 3

I loop through this text file and depending on some situations, I have to delete "Text Line 2". When I do this, I want the text file to look like this:

Text Line 1
Text Line 3

and not like this:

Text Line 1

Text Line 3

What is the best way to do this? (I do not want to make back ups of the text file, etc)
Thanks!
Uma-

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EdT
6 weeks 2 hours ago

Backups are the only way

Solution

You cannot remove a blank line within an existing text file in any elegant manner, as far as I am aware, if you plan to use Wisescript.
The way I do this is to read each line of the text file, decide whether I need this line, and if so, write it out to another text file. When the process is complete, I delete the original text file and substitute the new text file I have written.

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Uma
5 weeks 6 days ago

Thanks!

Thanks!

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