I sort of wondered if that might be the case when I read your post, which is
why I left myself an out.
I think another poster saw this quicker than I, and posted code that would
both read the text in, and create a hash based on the key and value.
If it doens't do the job, give another yell and we can try it again from the
top.
#8^D
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----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Canary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [offtopic]Perl:assigning an array
> Hello GreyBear,
>
> The problem is the the items(item1,item2,item3) are coming from a log file
of
> another app. So I must first must split them from the line that I am
cutting
> out of the logfile. The log file line states them as item1='value1',
> tem2='value2' all on one line there is seven item=value pairs on one line
of
> extracted text. I can capture the text of the log file. But I can't get
it
> into an array. I was trying the item/value scenario as though you would
read
> it from a file. But the only way I can get a loop to roll over is if it
is an
> array.
>
> Brad 'GreyBear' Davis wrote:
>
> > I think you want:
> >
> > @line = (item1,item2,item3);
> >
> > Which would allow you to do:
> >
> > print $line[0];
> >
> > Giving you output of the value of item1, which would be value1.
> >
> > Using the notation of $line(item1) seems to me to serve no purpose
unless
> > the value of itemX isn't really valueX.
> >
> > The thing to remember about arrays in Perl is that they can be accessed
both
> > ways by merely changing the notation, hence:
> >
> > @line references the entire array
> > $line[X] references the variable at the location in the line array
specified
> > by X.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Brad 'GreyBear' Davis - CTO, PeoplePublish, Inc.
> > ----------------------------------------------------
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Robert Canary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 11:12 AM
> > Subject: [offtopic]Perl:assigning an array
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Sorry for the perl question.....
> > >
> > > I have extracted from a log file ta line that reads that reads
something
> > > like this:
> > > item1='value', item2='value2', item3='value3'
> > >
> > > i am trying to get parse the line as to assign to an array as such:
> > > $line{item1}=$value1 etc etc etc
> > >
> > > I can't figure out how to get the line into an array. Can anyone
offer
> > > some ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance :-)
> > >
> > >
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