Craig Cardimon wrote:
> I have something like this:
> 
> while (<FILE>)
> {
>    if (/<TAG>/ .. /<\/TAG>/)
>    {
>        # process line
>    }
> }
> 
> I got this from http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/06/18/variables.html.
> 
> My special wrinkle is, I want to process certain sections of 
> a file, but only if that section passes certain criteria.
> 
> I want to be able to begin processing lines, but I want to be 
> able to turn processing off and jump to the next <TAG> should 
> the script encounter a line containing, say, the tag <PDF>.

What kind of file are we talking about? XML? Can you give us a
representative sample? The more you know about the input, the better the
choices you can make w.r.t. parsing.

- Mark.

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