> -----Original Message-----
> From: M z [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Subject: help with my parser program?
>
> could someone please help me make this bit of code
> more efficient? I am trying to break really long
> lines, say up to 600 characters into manageable sizes
> (78 or less characters) but I do not want to break
> cleanly at position 78. If that is in the middle of a
> word, my program back steps to the first whitepace.
>
> but I think I am overdoing it here, although it seems
> to give me the results I want.
>
> I would not like to use a module for this, but rather
> have it hard coded myself. Please help me without
> module advice if possible
<RANT_>
It's ridiculous that this is being re-posted, but this is Japhy's response
to YOUR question from a few days ago...
s/(.{1,78})\s/$1\n/g;
<RANT_>
open(X, "<w") || die "can't open test file ($!)\n";
while(<X>) {
s/(.{1,78})\s/$1\n/g;
print;
}
<RANT_>
The really bad part about this is is that *I* posted this response (from the
original message) to another user just a couple of days after the original
message, so this answer is out there twice already.
<RANT_>
Hope this helps...
Jason
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