On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 12:44:34PM -0500, Yacketta, wrote: > Folks, > > I am reading in a .cfg file and exclude comments (#) and spaces at the > beginning of the line > how would I lop off any comments in a line? > > IE: > > Key "value" # comment here ---end quoted text---
while(<CONFIG>){ next if /^\s*(#.*)?$/; # Skip it if just comment or blank s/#.*$//; # remove comments ($key,$value)=split/\s+/,$_,2; # Get exactly two values out $config{$key}=$value; # Load into a hash for use. } -- Frank Booth - Consultant Parasol Solutions Limited. (www.parasolsolutions.com) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]