APRCL and flags

mnh001 · 2019-04-20, 17:37

Is there a way to have APRCL output to file without all the verbosity?

I'm using yafu-Win32.exe "aprcl(@)" -batchfile in.bat > outfile.txt on the command line and it works fine. But when you have an outfile with thousands of results in it it is impractical to go through it manually trying to pull out the primes.

I know I can use factor with the batchfile and use the -op flag to get no verbosity at all but it takes factor a lot longer. Eg, I have a 1.19Mb in.bat file. Using APRCL took 15 minutes to test all the numbers. Using factor took 47 minutes. And these were small numbers (19 digits long each). They only get bigger from here.

If worse comes to worse I can use Excel or Word and write some VB code to go through the outfile and pull out the primes but I'm trying to avoid that. So how do I get APRCL to output ONLY the prime numbers themselves? TIA

xilman · 2019-04-20, 18:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by mnh001

I'm using yafu-Win32.exe "aprcl(@)" -batchfile in.bat > outfile.txt on the command line and it works fine. But when you have an outfile with thousands of results in it it is impractical to go through it manually trying to pull out the primes.

grep

mnh001 · 2019-04-20, 18:40

Umm, what does grep mean?

a1call · 2019-04-20, 19:42

Regular-Expressions

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grep

You can also use JavaScript which has powerful pattern-matching capabilities and use your browser as the engine.
Personally, I use a combination of notepad and Microsoft word for tasks like this. It's not worth the time to write the code to perform the pattern matching if you know how to manipulate the find and replace features of Microsoft word which can also do pattern-matching.

EdH · 2019-04-20, 20:41

I don't know how to use grep with Windows, but an example using linux:

in.bat:

Code:

791983480490047827611713671673243269719475033357020491318658587370734859917501757247280274120687620244932823203078126584367941327107909441393420761629669182060309428959781205938878991287988842504651654418555273833187612069989016960300232281081564383945219330853192499288775093985688277416598739633747

Command line:

Code:

$ ./yafu "aprcl(@)" -batchfile ./in.bat | grep "Input is prime"

Result:

Code:

Input is prime.  P300

Simply add a pipe to your out file:

Code:

$ ./yafu "aprcl(@)" -batchfile ./in.bat | grep "Input is prime" | >outfile.txt

to send the results there.

chalsall · 2019-04-20, 21:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by a1call

Regular-Expressions

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression

Yeah. Every time I teach or lead teams, I make sure they get comfortable with RegEx.

My students and employees tend to hate me. I'm OK with that.

mnh001 · 2019-04-21, 00:43

Ah, I see. Thanks for the info. I'll see how it works.

mnh001 · 2019-04-21, 11:38

Well, I tried it but it tells me 'The syntax of the command is incorrect.' I'm using yafu-1.34 in Windows XP. I tried taking the pipes out and thought it worked but looking in outfile all it said was 'no switch detected'.

bsquared · 2019-04-21, 15:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by mnh001

Well, I tried it but it tells me 'The syntax of the command is incorrect.' I'm using yafu-1.34 in Windows XP. I tried taking the pipes out and thought it worked but looking in outfile all it said was 'no switch detected'.

grep is a linux command; on windows you want findstr.

I think something like this would be equivalent to EdH's command:

.\yafu-Win32.exe "aprcl(@)" -batchfile in.bat | findstr /c:"Input is prime" > outfile.txt

chris2be8 · 2019-04-21, 15:43

Or just use grep etc to search the output file:

Code:

grep prime outfile.txt

Should list just the lines in outfile.txt containing the string prime. findstr should be able to do it as well but I'm not sure of the syntax because I don't have any Windows systems.

Having run yafu you can quickly try grep with various parms until you have the output you want.

Chris

mnh001 · 2019-04-21, 15:45

Yes, this does indeed work. Thanks. It prints 'Input is prime. P19' to file. It also prints 'Input is composite. C19' to file. Now to modify it so it prints just the actual number. After all, a file full of hundreds of thousands of lines of 'Input is prime/composite. P/C19' doesn't really do any good. :)

2019-04-20, 17:37	#1
mnh001 Apr 2011 2⁶ Posts	APRCL and flags Is there a way to have APRCL output to file without all the verbosity? I'm using yafu-Win32.exe "aprcl(@)" -batchfile in.bat > outfile.txt on the command line and it works fine. But when you have an outfile with thousands of results in it it is impractical to go through it manually trying to pull out the primes. I know I can use factor with the batchfile and use the -op flag to get no verbosity at all but it takes factor a lot longer. Eg, I have a 1.19Mb in.bat file. Using APRCL took 15 minutes to test all the numbers. Using factor took 47 minutes. And these were small numbers (19 digits long each). They only get bigger from here. If worse comes to worse I can use Excel or Word and write some VB code to go through the outfile and pull out the primes but I'm trying to avoid that. So how do I get APRCL to output ONLY the prime numbers themselves? TIA

2019-04-20, 19:42	#4
a1call "Rashid Naimi" Oct 2015 Remote to Here/There 7·283 Posts	Regular-Expressions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grep You can also use JavaScript which has powerful pattern-matching capabilities and use your browser as the engine. Personally, I use a combination of notepad and Microsoft word for tasks like this. It's not worth the time to write the code to perform the pattern matching if you know how to manipulate the find and replace features of Microsoft word which can also do pattern-matching. Last fiddled with by a1call on 2019-04-20 at 19:48

2019-04-21, 15:43	#10
chris2be8 Sep 2009 3674₈ Posts	Or just use grep etc to search the output file: Code: grep prime outfile.txt Should list just the lines in outfile.txt containing the string prime. findstr should be able to do it as well but I'm not sure of the syntax because I don't have any Windows systems. Having run yafu you can quickly try grep with various parms until you have the output you want. Chris

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2019-04-20, 18:40	#3
mnh001 Apr 2011 100₈ Posts	Umm, what does grep mean?

2019-04-21, 00:43	#7
mnh001 Apr 2011 2⁶ Posts	Ah, I see. Thanks for the info. I'll see how it works.

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mnh001 Apr 2011 40₁₆ Posts	Well, I tried it but it tells me 'The syntax of the command is incorrect.' I'm using yafu-1.34 in Windows XP. I tried taking the pipes out and thought it worked but looking in outfile all it said was 'no switch detected'.

2019-04-21, 15:45	#11
mnh001 Apr 2011 2⁶ Posts	Yes, this does indeed work. Thanks. It prints 'Input is prime. P19' to file. It also prints 'Input is composite. C19' to file. Now to modify it so it prints just the actual number. After all, a file full of hundreds of thousands of lines of 'Input is prime/composite. P/C19' doesn't really do any good. :)