"Gary Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > my
> > $line=qw(1,6.944,"methane",29.6576,70617.28,"*BB",8533.32,2381.0883,0.21);
>
> Bonk. When using qw (quote words) I thought they had to be separated by white
> space:
>
> $line=qw(1 6.944 "methane" 29.6576 70617.28 "*BB" 8533.32 2381.0883 0.21);
>
> .... which brings up a question, what if one of the elements is "propyl alcohol"
> with quotes needed?
s/qw/qq/;
$line=qq(1 6.944 "methane" 29.6576 70617.28 "*BB" 8533.322381.0883 0.21);
But since I've seen parens in chemical names, try something else:
$line=qq#1 6.944 "methane" 29.6576 70617.28 "*BB" 8533.322381.0883 0.21#;
$line=qq!1 6.944 "methane" 29.6576 70617.28 "*BB" 8533.322381.0883 0.21!;
$line=qq$1 6.944 "methane" 29.6576 70617.28 "*BB" 8533.322381.0883 0.21$;
$line=qq[1 6.944 "methane" 29.6576 70617.28 "*BB" 8533.322381.0883 0.21];
$line=qq{1 6.944 "methane" 29.6576 70617.28 "*BB" 8533.322381.0883 0.21};
I worked with some data files that use Control-g as the
delimiter. You can't do that here, however. I think the
character must be printable.
It's probably a moot point any way since it's only hard
coded for the discussion. A real program would read it in a
loop
while(defined($line = <>)) {
# whatever.....
}
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Michael R. Wolf
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