read the filein...
open(FILE, $file) or die "blah blah $!";
undef $/; ## or local $/ if in a BLOCK
$contents = <FILE>;
close FILE;
$contents =~ s/\\\n//g; # put everything on one line (deletes \ followed by
newline)
foreach (split /\n/, $contents){
## you can figure this part out right?
}
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anders Holm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:40 AM
> To: Beginners Perl
> Subject: Putting values into hash
>
>
> Hi folks!
>
> Well, here's one I'm just not getting to grips with.
>
> I'm parsing a configuration file for an application, and it
> has a parameter
> as such:
>
> Parameter=Value1 Value2 Value3 \
> Value4 Value5 Value6 \
> Value7 Value8
>
> There are other parameters before and after this entry in the
> configuration
> file as well. I want to grab these values and put them in an
> array, so I can
> later use them for additional usage. I'm just not getting
> this anywhere. And
> I don't even have a code snippet to show, since I'm not sure
> how to iterate
> over these lines either. NB. there is a newline after each \,
> hence why it
> doesn't just read them all in as one line... :(
>
> How can I go about doing this? My head's just gone into a
> stand still and I
> just need someone to wake me up I guess!! ;)
>
> TIA!
>
> Best Regards
>
> Anders Holm
> Critical Path Technical Support Engineer
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