is it possible to extract certain strings based off a predefined white-space count?
So after several Advil's I think I need help
I am trying to make a script that lets the user upload a .txt file, the file will look like this as an example
EXT. DUNKIN' DONUTS - DAY
Police vehicles remain in the parking lot. The determined
female reporter from the courthouse steps, MELINDA FUENTES
(32), interviews Comandante Chitt, who holds a napkin to his
jaw, like he cut himself shaving.
MELINDA
< Comandante Chitt, how does it
feel to get shot in the face? >
COMANDANTE CHITT
< Not too different than getting
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MELINDA
< Tell us what happened. >
COMANDANTE CHITT
< I parked my car.
(indicates assault vehicle
in donut shop)
He aimed his weapon at my head. I
fired seven shots. He stopped
aiming his weapon at my head. >
Melinda waits for more, but Chitt turns and walks away into
the roped-off crime scene. Melinda is confused for a second,
then resumes smiling.
MELINDA
< And there you have it... A man of
few words. >
Ok, so based off of this what I want to do is this:
The PHP script looks at the file and counts 35 white spaces, since all files will have the same layout and never differ in white spaces I chose this as the best way to go.
for every 35 white spaces extract character 36 until the end of line.
Then tally up $character++
so in the end the output would look like
-----------------------------------
It looks like you have 2 characters in your script
Melinda
Commandante Chitt
-----------------------------------
using PHP to select distinct names, and use the strtolower() to lower case the strings and ucfirst() to make the first letter upper-case
thats my project,
I'm at the stage where I'm going crazy trying to figure out how to count white-spaces and everything after that white space until the first white-space after the word IS a character name
<html><body><pre><?php
$story = " EXT. DUNKIN' DONUTS - DAY
Police vehicles remain in the parking lot. The determined
female reporter from the courthouse steps, MELINDA FUENTES
(32), interviews Comandante Chitt, who holds a napkin to his
jaw, like he cut himself shaving.
MELINDA
< Comandante Chitt, how does it
feel to get shot in the face? >
COMANDANTE CHITT
< Not too different than getting
shot in the arm or leg. >
MELINDA
< Tell us what happened. >
COMANDANTE CHITT
< I parked my car.
(indicates assault vehicle
in donut shop)
He aimed his weapon at my head. I
fired seven shots. He stopped
aiming his weapon at my head. >
Melinda waits for more, but Chitt turns and walks away into
the roped-off crime scene. Melinda is confused for a second,
then resumes smiling.
MELINDA
< And there you have it... A man of
few words. >";
$_ = null;
if (preg_match_all('/\s{35}(.*)/m',$story,$_))
{
$unique_characters = array_unique(array_map(create_function('$a','return ucfirst(strtolower(trim($a)));'),$_[1]));
echo "-------------------------\r\n";
echo "It looks like you have ".count($unique_characters)." characters in your script\r\n";
echo "\r\n";
array_map(create_function('$a','echo "{$a}\r\n";'),$unique_characters);
echo "-------------------------";
}
?></pre></body></html>
You will notice $_[1] returns all the characters names found. Then, you can use array_unique to find only the new characters (and display them as you have done).
EDIT
Added an update that does the work as requested. Also a working example (feel free to copy-paste to your own file and run it). Also-also, please excuse my short-hand and use of array_map, create_function, etc. ;p
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