>>>>> "paul" == paul 0403 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
paul> Is there a quick and easy way in perl to get the last entry in a file paul> for a specific value paul> For example If I have the following data in a file paul> <len>1<\len> paul> <type>int<\type> paul> <len>2<\len> paul> <type>int<\type> paul> <len>3<\len> paul> <type>int<\type> paul> I would like to get the line <len>3<\len>. paul> Please keep in mind that the data in the file is only a sample and it paul> will not alwasy be the second line from the bottome :-) You haven't stated the problem sufficiently. How come it isn't <type>int<\type> What does "last entry for a specific value" mean? To me, that's the last entry in the file. :) What does "specific" mean, specifically? By the way, is this some bizarro mirror XML, or do you really mean <type>int</type> ? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
