On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 06:46:40 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mikeblezien) wrote:
>I'm trying to correct some shopping cart files that got messed up and need to be >reformatted, so we can rebuild the database from these text order files. This is >a sample of some of the data: > >order_items::PF110::1::::::::::::89.95::0.00::89.95:::::::::: >^^GG111::1::::::::::::49.95::0.00::49.95:::::::::: > >Now each of these "order_items" lines, I need to grab the lines from the file, >IE: >order_items::PF110::1::::::::::::89.95::0.00::89.95:::::::::: >^^GG111::1::::::::::::49.95::0.00::49.95:::::::::: > >then put it all on one line, IE: >order_items::PF110::1::::::::::::89.95::0.00::89.95::::::::::^^GG111::1::::::::::::49.95::0.00::49.95::::::::: The first thing I would try is slurping in the data into 1 long string, with $/=undef; then splitting on 'order_items'. Then set $"="\n" and print out the array. Each line should begin with order_items. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]