Parsing a text file into an array

[Scott]

I having a bit of trouble trying to parse...

789798798 test,test 12/5/3005

with tabs between each column. Does any one have some suggestions?

 

[Paul Lalli]

I having a bit of trouble trying to parse...

789798798 test,test 12/5/3005

with tabs between each column. Does any one have some suggestions?

read the documentation for the 'split' function:

perldoc -f split

Then make an attempt. If you can't get it working, show what you have and
ask for assistance in fixing your code.


Paul Lalli.

 

[Tad McClellan]

I having a bit of trouble trying to parse... ^^^^^^
^^^^^^

Does any one have some suggestions?

Show what you have tried and we will help you fix it.

 

[Anno Siegel]

I having a bit of trouble trying to parse...

789798798 test,test 12/5/3005

with tabs between each column. Does any one have some suggestions?

What *is* a column? Ther are no tabs in the line above (probably lost
in news propagation). So are there three, four, or six columns?

Anno

 

[Joe Smith]

I having a bit of trouble trying to parse...

789798798 test,test 12/5/3005

with tabs between each column. Does any one have some suggestions?

If you go to http://search.cpan.org and enter TSV or Tab Separated Values
you'll get matches like

http://search.cpan.org/~jzucker/AnyData-0.10/AnyData/Format/Tab.pm
or
http://search.cpan.org/~ezdb/Data-Table-1.40/Table.pm
Data::Table - Data type related to database tables, spreadsheets,
CSV/TSV files, HTML table displays, etc.

For simple data, using perl's split() function will suffice.
-Joe

 

[Sara]

I having a bit of trouble trying to parse...

789798798 test,test 12/5/3005

with tabs between each column. Does any one have some suggestions?

Sho nuff scooter..

open F, $myFile;
my @lines = <F>;
close F;

for (@lines)
{my @line = split /\s+/; # assumes you have no whitespace in other fields
# if you DO, then split on tabs explicitly
# do what you want to do with this line
}

# take a break!


Cya,
G