Tom Phoenix wrote: > On 8/15/07, Mathew Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> How would I go about sub-listing something. For instance, if I have a work >> order that has been worked on during different days, I want to list the work >> order once and each day below it. It would look like this: >> >> Ticket ID Subject Date hh:mm >> -------------------------------------------------------- >> 12345 Ticket Subject MM/DD/YYYY 1:00 >> MM/DD/YYYY 2:00 >> MM/DD/YYYY 3:00 >> >> So basically, I need the ID and Subject to only be printed on the first line >> and >> only the Date and hh:mm on each successive line. How would I do this with >> format? Would I need two different formats? One for the first line and >> another >> for each subsequent line? > > There may be a simpler way. For example, if you're willing to use the > destructive caret, you could write a format including something like > this: > > ^>>>>> ^>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @>/@>/@>>> @>:@> > $ticket_id_copy, $ticket_subject_copy, $month, $day, $year, $hour, $minute > > (And do you really need to use the ambiguous format MM/DD/YYYY instead > of the logical descending order of YYYY/MM/DD?) > > When you refill the two _copy variables, they'll be consumed on the next > write. > > But the simplest way of all may be to avoid using formats. Formats are > wonderful when they do what you want, they do all that you want, and > they can do all you will ever want. But if you will ever want more > than formats can give you, you'll find yourself ripping out the output > code of your program and re-writing it from scratch. That's the > heartbreak of formats. > > It may be that you're able to do all you want with formats; there are > a lot of tricks out there. But in the long run, formats may or may not > be the easy way to get the job done. > > Good luck with it! > > --Tom Phoenix > Stonehenge Perl Training >
Would you recommend straight Perl to handle the formatting or is there another method that can handle this? Mathew Keep up with me and what I'm up to: http://theillien.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
