Re: stupid question

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"Al Dunbar" <AlanDrub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What about using a dictionary object to keep a list of the names to
exclude? Something like:

set exclude = createobject("scripting.dictionary")
exclude("database") = true
exclude("images") = true
exclude("etc") = true
' etc, etc, etc

name = "program"
if exclude.exists(name) then
wscript.echo "excluding: " & name
else
wscript.echo "NOT excluding: " & name
end if

The individual elements of the object could alternately be read in from a
file, and/or the whole messy details encapsulated in class or a function.

Interesting tip, Al! Thanks!

I had thought about replying to the thread with a suggestion to consider
the dictionary object, but not in the way you described. I was not aware of
the 'Exclude' method. I went back to 'script56.chm' to see if I missed it
somewhere, and the page for the dictionary object does not list it. It lists
the available methods as Add, Exists, Items, Keys, Remove & RemoveAll. I
tested your code and it works great! I love learning new methods!

Another possible method if reading the list of exclusions from a file
would be to use a regular expression. Assuming each exclusing on an
individual line, something like the code below could be used:

'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oRegEx = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")

sExclusions = oFSO.OpenTextFile("Exclusions.txt", 1).ReadAll
oRegEx.Multiline = True
oRegEx.IgnoreCase = True

sName = "images"

oRegEx.Pattern = "^" & sName & "$"

Select Case oRegEx.Test(sExclusions)
Case True WScript.Echo "Excluding: " & sName
Case False WScript.Echo "NOT Excluding: " & sName
End Select
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


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