Hello, Balakrishna This article might be helpful http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4397
On 3/25/10, Vishwanath Savakar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Chandra, > > There are two alternatives: > 1. Broutforce Approach: Read the text file line by line, and split text. > Ex: st = "Text (some more text) more and more and more text." > first split based on '(' u ll get "some more text) more and more and more > text." as the second half of split, now split this based on ')' and extract > the first part. > > 2. You can use regular expressions or pattern matching to extract the text. > * > Regards, > Vs.* > > > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Chandra_Dasaka < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, Need some help. >> >> I have a text file. This contains variable length records. Each record has >> some text (variable length) followed by some info within parenthesis () >> then >> some other text (again variable length). Can I extract the text which is >> enclosed within the parenthesis ? If yes, how? Appreciate your help >> >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Chandra S Dasaka >> >> ------------------------------ >> DISCLAIMER: >> This email (including any attachments) is intended for the sole use of the >> intended recipient/s and may contain material that is CONFIDENTIAL AND >> PRIVATE COMPANY INFORMATION. Any review or reliance by others or copying >> or >> distribution or forwarding of any or all of the contents in this message >> is >> STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact >> the sender by email and delete all copies; your cooperation in this regard >> is appreciated. >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]

