Problem Def: copy the pattern which before ",(comma)" and find a matching pattern in another file.
status: i wrote following code. but it is not working properly. plz help me. #! C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe print "hello\n"; print "Please Enter Input File name(Give the complete path):"; $infile=<STDIN>; #give the input file name here chomp($infile); open ($in, "<", $infile) or die "Cannot open file for reading\n"; #Check whether the file can be opened for reading while (<$in>) { if(/,/) {print "before match: $`\t and after match: $'\n\n";}; $x=$'; $y=$`; &mysubroutine($x,$y); } sub mysubroutine { $a=$x; $b=$y; print "Please Enter the Output File name (Give the compelte path):"; $infile=<STDIN>; #give the output file name here chomp($infile); open ($in, "<", $infile) or die "cannot open file to write\n"; #Check whether the file can be opened for writing print "$b\n"; while (<$in>) { print "pattern to find: $y\n"; if (/$b/) {print "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";}; } close $in or die "cannot close $out\n"; } close $in or die "Cannot close $in\n"; -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/