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BrightNail Novice Jul 27, 2001, 11:41 AM Post #1 of 6 (2541 views) a line as a seperator, how..not pipes or tabes, Can't Post Hey, this is somewhat similiar to my other post. I have a list of names with addresses (an entry), each entry is seperated by a long line ala... _______________________________ now, I have around 15-20 entries per file. So, I want to split at the long line and then funnel each address and name on its own line in a textfile...each individual entry seperated by a pipe. so..... ___________________________ John Doe 1234 Somewhere Lane Brockton, Ma. 01149 www.blahblahblah.whatever would read into the flat like this John Doe | 1234 Somewhere Lane | Brockton, Ma | www.blahblahbalh.whatever on its own line.........basically, after the perl script reads in the text file I supply (and if there are 15 entries per file),,then the new flatfile created would have 15 lines of addresses and name...does that make sense. I just don't know how to break on that long line and disregard it, and use the contents after it until the next line etc.... thanks a bunch

abstracts Novice Jul 27, 2001, 1:22 PM Post #2 of 6 (2535 views) Re: a line as a seperator, how..not pipes or tabes [In reply to] Can't Post Hello, So, Jasmine and Marcus both did their bests (even more). They both wrote you functional programs that really worked. They also went through all the trouble of explaining how their programs worked and what output you should expect from them. Instead of following their advice, you posted the question again. So, do you want to learn perl, or just get someone to write your program? Aziz,,,

BrightNail Novice Jul 27, 2001, 1:28 PM Post #3 of 6 (2534 views) Re: a line as a seperator, how..not pipes or tabes [In reply to] Can't Post that is cold, I did try their programs and they didn't work. Did you try it? Then why are you saying it did work. The thing is, this latest question how to seprate entries based on a line is only 1/4 of the issue. ONce I know how to do that, I can figure out the rest and already know how to do the rest. NO< I don't want them to write it for me........but working 60 hours a week in the real world makes it very hard to sit at home and practice programming all day while waiting for your dinner that your mom prepared.

veredox stranger Jul 27, 2001, 1:36 PM Post #4 of 6 (2534 views) Re: a line as a seperator, how..not pipes or tabes, [In reply to] Can't Post The attached should do what you asked + ignore blank lines and treat consecutive _____'s as one. Simply add filenames you wish to change as arguments on the command line. Best wishes, Matt Murphy

BrightNail Novice Jul 27, 2001, 1:47 PM Post #5 of 6 (2531 views) Re: a line as a seperator, how..not pipes or tabes, [In reply to] Can't Post can you email it, for some reason I can't get it from this site. ----> venicesrfr@aol.com thanks a lot....-->

abstracts Novice Jul 27, 2001, 2:06 PM Post #6 of 6 (2528 views) Re: a line as a seperator, how..not pipes or tabes [In reply to] Can't Post Hello, Sorry for all your frustration and your workload. I hope you get your work done. And sure, why don't we have dinner after work one day. Maybe we can practice some perl to go with it. I can't wait. Wish you good luck. Aziz,,,

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