At 18:28 2002.02.01, Booher Timothy B 1stLt AFRL/MNAC wrote: >Hello out there - I have learned a lot of Perl today, but I am still trying >to figure one more thing out. > >How can I go through a file and extract all the text between certain >delimiters - for example I have: > >Bilbo, "Why I like rings" Freemont Press, 1998. >Frodo, "Why I don't" Bridgedale Freemans, 1832 >Etc > >I want to get: > >Why I like rings >Why I don't > >It seems like there should be a real quick way to do this. . . thoughts?
Have a look at the module Text::Balanced, in particular at the function extract_delimited. It is part of the standard ActivePerl distribution and I suppose it should also be included with the other distributions out there. Best ----------------------------------------------------------- Éric Beaudoin <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
