>>>>> "William" == William J 'Bill' Willyerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am trying to break down a file and create a db table with the lines
> from the file. The input is a record definition of a Mainframe area
> (Unisys). The record comes in two different methods 1 update existing
> 2 new area. I have a matching routine that works fine with the new
> but I am having trouble with the "update" ones.
[...]
Sorry, but I did not have time to find your problem, but I do have
a suggestion. Whenever I am working on a gnarly regex, it always helps
to debug the pattern by first starting up an interactive Perl session
with:
c:\> perl -de 0
Note that the last character is a zero. This prints out:
Default die handler restored.
Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.07
Editor support available.
Enter h or `h h' for help, or `perldoc perldebug' for more help.
main::(-e:1): 0
DB<1>
You can then type in any valid Perl expression and have it evaluated
immediately. Hope this helps.
Sarir
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