On 16 Dec 2006, at 17:16, James E Keenan wrote:
So, while List::RewriteElements can certainly be used to transform
elements of an array, a module name like 'Array::RewriteElements'
would be overly narrow.
Indeed. I was suggesting that List:: was also too narrow for the same
reason
James E Keenan wrote:
CPAN appears to be having some problem accepting uploads right now. You
can find v0.06 at
http://thenceforward.net/perl/modules/List-RewriteElements/List-RewriteElements-0.06.tar.gz
The CPAN hiccups cleared up after a couple of hours, so you can now get
List
James E Keenan wrote:
David Landgren wrote:
Question: (?:how)? does your module deal with positional records (that
is, fixed width fields)?
It doesn't (at least not yet).
I think I'm wrong.
Thinking a bit more about the code, I suspect there's no inherent reason
it can't handle
On 15 Dec 2006, at 21:39, David Landgren wrote:
I vote for Transform. Possibly more Data than List but I wouldn't
argue it for long.
List:: has the connotation doing things to Perl arrays I think.
--
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net
David Landgren wrote:
Question: (?:how)? does your module deal with positional records (that
is, fixed width fields)? as opposed to delimited records?
Contradicting my earlier doubts about this, List::RewriteElements does
can be used to rewrite elements of fixed-width records.
I've
::RewriteElements, the result of the rewriting of a
particular element in a list is immediately printed to STDOUT or to a
file. It is not held in an array.
So, while List::RewriteElements can certainly be used to transform
elements of an array, a module name like 'Array::RewriteElements' would
be overly
James E Keenan wrote:
I've just uploaded v0.06 to CPAN.
CPAN appears to be having some problem accepting uploads right now. You
can find v0.06 at
http://thenceforward.net/perl/modules/List-RewriteElements/List-RewriteElements-0.06.tar.gz
jimk
James E Keenan did write:
I am preparing a module for CPAN tentatively titled
List::RewriteElements. Given a list of data records, typically in the
form of a flat file, optionally containing a header row, I am frequently
asked to generate a new file in which each record is transformed
David Landgren wrote:
James E Keenan did write:
I am preparing a module for CPAN tentatively titled
List::RewriteElements. Given a list of data records, typically in the
form of a flat file, optionally containing a header row, I am
frequently asked to generate a new file in which each
