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Kent
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Kent
Kent -
Thanks for the pointer. I should have read the list rules before posting, I apologise for adding noise.
I'm not asking for anyone to do my coursework for me, and I'm sorry if my question made it seem that way. All I need is a pointer to some relevant documentation and I'll be happy to work it all out myself.
I could write this program in C++ or Java easily enough, but I wanted to use this coursework as an excuse to introduce myself to Perl (I understand Perl is better suited for text analysis and manipulation tasks such as this). This pattern match is the only bit of my program that isn't working right yet. Oh well, if I can't figure it out myself, I can always do all the parsing manually like I would do in C++/Java -- I was hoping there'd be a nicer way of doing it is all.
As an aside, I wonder if my question would be answered if I didn't mention that this was for my coursework? This is a beginners group after all -- I wonder how many questions are answered here that *are* for courseworks, but not declared as such.
Anyway, I'm rambling. Thanks again Kent.
Regards,
Henry.
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