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- { Following is some code I've thrown together <!>, which has to find a
- sequence of 4 Characters in a large buffer - non-Text data. The buffer
- is 4096 Characters, and the sequence(s) I'm searching For could be
- anywhere in it, and may be found numerous times. I suspect this code is
- pretty inefficient, but I can't think of anything better. (Yep, this is
- to work With the ZIP directory at the end of the File...)
- So, I'm looking For a better way to code this process. I know that
- Pos won't work, so this brute-Force is what I came up with. Anything
- better? Thanks...
- }
- Const CFHS : String[4] = 'PK'#01#02; { CENTRAL_File_HEADER_SIGNATURE }
- ECDS : String[4] = 'PK'#05#06; { end_CENTRAL_DIRECtoRY_SIGNATURE }
- Var S4 : String[4];
- FOUND : Boolean;
- QUIT : Boolean; { "end" sentinel encountered }
- begin
- FETCH_NAME; Assign (F,F1); Reset (F,1); C := 1; HSize := 0;
- FSize := FileSize(F);
- I := FSize-BSize; { Compute point to start read }
- Seek (F,I); BlockRead (F,BUFF,BSize,RES); { ZIP central directory }
- S4[0] := #4; C := 0;
- Repeat
- FOUND := False; { search For CENTRAL_File_HEADER_SIGNATURE }
- Repeat
- Inc (C); Move (BUFF[C],S4[1],4); FOUND := S4 = CFHS;
- QUIT := S4 = ECDS;
- Until FOUND or QUIT;
- end.