On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 08:30:42PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 15:04:50 +0100 > Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > > > I need a script to read a text file (actually tex) and parse lines of a > > table that may or may not span newline characters in the file. > > Basically, there are lines of the form > > > > {some text} & {some more text} & {text c} & {text d} \\ [...] > > Take a look at the perl Text::ParseWords module 'man > text::parsewords'). It may do what you want, depending on your needs > with respect to quoting and escaping.
Why yes, that is interesting, albeit it came just too late for me. But there is sure to be a next time! -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]