June 2018 Update

Task/Remove-lines-from-a-file/VBA/remove-lines-from-a-file-1.vba

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Option Explicit
+
+Sub Main()
+   'See Output #1
+   RemoveLines "C:\Users\" & Environ("username") & "\Desktop\foobar.txt", 11, 5
+   'See Output #2
+   RemoveLines "C:\Users\" & Environ("username") & "\Desktop\foobar.txt", 8, 5
+   'See Output #3
+   RemoveLines "C:\Users\" & Environ("username") & "\Desktop\foobar.txt", 3, 5
+End Sub
+
+Private Sub RemoveLines(StrFile As String, StartLine As Long, NumberOfLines As Long)
+Dim Nb As Integer, s As String, count As Long, out As String
+   Nb = FreeFile
+   Open StrFile For Input As #Nb
+      While Not EOF(Nb)
+         count = count + 1
+         Line Input #Nb, s
+         If count < StartLine Or count >= StartLine + NumberOfLines Then
+            out = out & s & vbCrLf
+         End If
+      Wend
+   Close #Nb
+   If StartLine >= count Then
+      MsgBox "The file contains only " & count & " lines"
+   ElseIf StartLine + NumberOfLines > count Then
+      MsgBox "You only can remove " & count - StartLine & " lines"
+   Else
+      Nb = FreeFile
+      Open StrFile For Output As #Nb
+         Print #Nb, out
+      Close #Nb
+   End If
+End Sub

Task/Remove-lines-from-a-file/VBA/remove-lines-from-a-file-2.vba

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Option Explicit
+
+Sub Main()
+   'See Output First call
+   OtherWay "C:\Users\" & Environ("username") & "\Desktop\foobar.txt", 11, 5
+   'See Output Second call
+   OtherWay "C:\Users\" & Environ("username") & "\Desktop\foobar.txt", 8, 5
+   'See Output Third call
+   OtherWay "C:\Users\" & Environ("username") & "\Desktop\foobar.txt", 3, 5
+End Sub
+
+Private Sub OtherWay(StrFile As String, StartLine As Long, NumberOfLines As Long)
+Dim Nb As Integer, s As String, arr, i As Long, out() As String, j As Long
+   Nb = FreeFile
+   Open StrFile For Input As #Nb
+      s = Input(LOF(1), #Nb)
+   Close #Nb
+   arr = Split(s, Chr(13))
+   If StartLine >= UBound(arr) + 1 Then
+      MsgBox "First call : " & vbCrLf & "    The file contains only " & UBound(arr) + 1 & " lines"
+   ElseIf StartLine + NumberOfLines > UBound(arr) + 1 Then
+      MsgBox "Second call : " & vbCrLf & "    You only can remove " & UBound(arr) + 1 - StartLine & " lines"
+   Else
+      For i = LBound(arr) To UBound(arr)
+         If i < StartLine - 1 Or i >= StartLine + NumberOfLines - 1 Then
+            ReDim Preserve out(j)
+            out(j) = arr(i)
+            j = j + 1
+         End If
+      Next i
+      Nb = FreeFile
+      Open StrFile For Output As #Nb
+         Print #Nb, Join(out, Chr(13))
+      Close #Nb
+   End If
+End Sub

Task/Remove-lines-from-a-file/VBScript/remove-lines-from-a-file.vb

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ Sub remove_lines(filepath,start,number)
 			Do Until discard_count = number
 				InFile.SkipLine
 				discard_count = discard_count + 1
-				line_count = line_count + 1
 			Loop
+		line_count = line_count + 1
 		End If
 	Loop
 	InFile.Close