Input data looks like:
Broken,Heart,36,20,05,05/03/2000,F,6,5,4,5,5,8,5,5,5,48,06,12,01,,,
I am expecting:
Field 1 = Broken
Field 2 = Heart
Field 3 = 36
Field 4 = 20
Field 5 = 05
Field 6 = 05/03/2000
Field 20 = ""
Field 21 = ""
Field 22 = ""
----Original Message Follows----
From: Curtis Poe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CGI Beginners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: split function question
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:55:20 -0700 (PDT)
--- Brian Bukeavich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need a little help with the split function. I'm trying to split a line
> based on comma delimeters(,), but when I use the syntax below I don't get
> the results I expect. What am I doing wrong? Is there a an special
escape
> sequence for a comma?
>
> my @asLine = split (/,/, $_);
Just a quick guess, but much of the comma-delimited data that I see has
quoted fields that have
commas embedded in the quotes:
"Poe, Curtis", 34, "Aspiring Screenwriter, Programmer"
Trying to split the above line on commas will result in five fields instead
of three. You should
probably use a module like Text::CSV or something similar.
If you show us some sample input, expected output, and actual output, we can
offer better advice.
Cheers,
Curtis Poe
=====
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Onsite! Technology (http://www.onsitetech.com/)
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