>>>>> "osc" == olivier scalb...@algosyn com <olivier.scalb...@algosyn.com> >>>>> writes:
osc> keywordA word1, word2, word3; osc> Here we can have some free text osc> ... osc> ... osc> keywordB word4, osc> word5, word6, word7, word8, osc> word9, word10; osc> KeywordA osc> word1, word2; osc> ... how do you know when a keyword section begins or ends? how large is this file? could free text have keywords? i see a ; to end a word list but that isn't enough to properly parse this if you have 'free text'. osc> I want to extract all the "keywords" with their associated words. osc> For example, with this file, I would like to have: osc> keywordA: (word1, word2, word3) osc> keywordB: (word4, word5, word6, word7, word8, word9, word10) osc> keywordA: (word1, word2) osc> Is it possible to do this with regular expression ? osc> Or should I write a small parser ? yes and yes. osc> I have tried pattern matching with the 's' and also with the 'm' osc> option, osc> but with no good result ... please show your code. there is no way to help otherwise. s/// is not a pattern matcher but a substitution operator. it uses regexes and can be used to parse things. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
