On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:48 AM, Hermann Norpois wrote: > Dear list, > > I would like $/ to recognise empty lines (one empty line). I tried > > $/ = "^\s+$"; > > But this does not work. > Error message: > Unrecognised escape \s passed through at ex2.ol line 5. > I have an input file structured like this: > > # kljhkjhkljhlkjh > lk1243, hkjhkjh > > #ztztzti > jj562356, jkjk7kjk > > My idea was to treat each block as one variable (each block is then = $_ , > isnt it?) >
See the advice given by 'perldoc -q paragraph' "How can I read in a file by paragraphs?" Setting $/ to "" or "\n\n" works as long as your empty lines contain no blanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
