Re: A long time helper needs help

2004-04-02 Thread William.Ampeh
Hello Jenda, I am getting weak on regex. Could you please break this down for me/(.*?-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)/g That is: my @last_line = ($report[-1] =~ /(.*?-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)/g); # split the last line into fields (including spaces!) Also, why did you use $report[-1] instead of

Re: A long time helper needs help

2004-04-02 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Jenda, I am getting weak on regex. Could you please break this down for me/(.*?-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)/g That is: my @last_line = ($report[-1] =~ /(.*?-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)/g); # split the last line into fields (including spaces!) I'm trying to match each

Re: A long time helper needs help

2004-04-02 Thread WC -Sx- Jones
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Jenda, I am getting weak on regex. Could you please break this down for me/(.*?-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)/g That is: my @last_line = ($report[-1] =~ /(.*?-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)/g); # split the last line into fields (including spaces!) Also, why did you use

Re: A long time helper needs help

2004-04-01 Thread William.Ampeh
Wow! Thanks a lot. I am going to try to decipher your code and hope you will not mind me asking questions later. It's a bit hard to give good suggestions if I do not understand the data. Are all the data yearly like the stuff in page6.prn? The data are bunch of report files, the format

A long time helper needs help

2004-03-31 Thread William.Ampeh
Hello, I am currently struggling with this project. I cannot even decide on the best way to implement it, let alone start writing the code. I have a set of tables that look similar to what I have pasted below: (See attached file: page6.prn)(See attached file: page7.prn) I am trying

Re: A long time helper needs help

2004-03-31 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a set of tables that look similar to what I have pasted below: (See attached file: page6.prn)(See attached file: page7.prn) I am trying to organize the contents of these two files, so allow allows users to query the files. snipped PS: My initial plan

Re: A long time helper needs help

2004-03-31 Thread William.Ampeh
Hello Jenda, Thanks for your response. Now I can concentrate on how to hack the code. What what is your take on how to represent the table entries (cells)? What is the most efficient way to associate each cell with its parent header? That given is:

Re: A long time helper needs help

2004-03-31 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for your response. Now I can concentrate on how to hack the code. What what is your take on how to represent the table entries (cells)? What is the most efficient way to associate each cell with its parent header? It's a bit hard to give good suggestions if I