hey,
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:30:37AM -0500, Kirk Wythers wrote:
> [...]
>
> I want to read in the lines that begin with the date format, but skip
> all the header stuff. Can anyone suggest a strategy for a, "if the line
> begins with XXXX, go ahead and read".
>
> Thanks in advance.
like this?
foreach (<FILE>){
@line = split();
next if not $line[0] =~ /\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}/;
# save data stuff below
}
regards,
stefan
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