Actually, we receive the data in the form of a text file. The original
data is sent from an IBM mainframe then to Ottawa where it is captured
by an "SNA Print Server that receives the VPS print jobs, writes them
to disk and then runs a PERL script program on the disk file. This
PERL script progra
On Friday 08 July 2005 01:31 pm, gov wrote:
> Where I work, we receive large quantities of data which is currently
> all printed on large, obsolete, dot matrix printers. This is a problem
> because the replacement parts will not be available for much longer.
>
> So I'm trying to create a program
On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 15:03:45 -0500, Thomas Bartkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "gov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just started to learn programming and was told this was a good
>> place to ask questions :)
>>
>> Where I work, we receive large quant
On 8 Jul 2005 11:31:14 -0700, "gov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've just started to learn programming and was told this was a good
>place to ask questions :)
>
>Where I work, we receive large quantities of data which is currently
>all printed on large, obsolete, dot matrix printers. This
>
> Where I work, we receive large quantities of data which is currently
> all printed on large, obsolete, dot matrix printers. This is a problem
> because the replacement parts will not be available for much longer.
>
> So I'm trying to create a program which will capture the fixed width
> text
"gov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi,
>
> I've just started to learn programming and was told this was a good
> place to ask questions :)
>
> Where I work, we receive large quantities of data which is currently
> all printed on large, obsolete, dot matrix printers.
gov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just started to learn programming and was told this was a good
> place to ask questions :)
>
> Where I work, we receive large quantities of data which is currently
> all printed on large, obsolete, dot matrix printers. This is a problem
> because the replacement parts w
Hello gov,
> Here's an example of the raw text that I have to work with:
>
>
> ADDRESS INFORMATION/RENSEIGNEMENTS SUR L'ADRESSE:
>
>
> FOR/POUR AL/LA: 20
> CORR TYP: A1B 2C3 P:3 CHNGD/CHANG
> LANG: E CONS/REGR: ###
> MRS XXX X XXX
>
gov wrote:
>Hi,
>
>
>
>If anyone could give me suggestions as to methods in sorting this type
>of data, it would be appreciated.
>
>
>
Maybe it's overkill, but I'd *highly* recommend David Mertz's excellent
book "Text Processing in Python": http://gnosis.cx/TPiP/ Don't know
what all you'r
Hi,
I've just started to learn programming and was told this was a good
place to ask questions :)
Where I work, we receive large quantities of data which is currently
all printed on large, obsolete, dot matrix printers. This is a problem
because the replacement parts will not be available for mu
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