comma is 'the' field seperator, if x=, then it is field seperator.
x=alpha OR numeric OR special character
ABC = uppercase alphabets
" = quotes clubs some fields together. so they are always balanced (in a pair).
we also have to find out position number of quote (") character.
From: Rob Dixon <rob.di...@gmx.com>
To: Perl Beginners <beginners@perl.org>
Cc: Rajeev Prasad <rp.ne...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2011 4:13 AM
Subject: Re: parsing and adding back this string
On 02/09/2011 23:33, Rajeev Prasad wrote:
> friends,
>
> I am now trying to parse this string in this way...
>
> x= could be anything including special character
>
> string = xx:ABC,xx,x,x,x,"x,x,x",x,x,x,"x,x",x
>
> string0=ABC
> string2="x,x,x"
> string3="x,x"
> string1=xx:string0,tt,x,x,x,string2,x,x,x,string3,x
>
> final string is string1
Suppose x is a comma. How can you expect to parse
,,:ABC,,,,,,,,,,",,,,,",,,,,,,",,,",,
Rob
