Hi Brandon,
On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:32:16 -0400
Brandon McCaig <bamcc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Rob <rdavis7...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a file of test results it is formatted as follows:
> >
> > School |fname| lname | sub| testnum|score| grade|level
> > MLK School | John | Smith | RE | Test 1| 95| A | Prof
> > MLK School | John | Smith | RE | Test 2| 97| A | Prof
> > MLK School | John | Smith | RE | Test 3| 93| A | Prof
> > MLK School | John | Smith | RE | Test 4| 89| B | NP
> >
> > What I would like to come out with is as follows:
> >
> > SCHOOL |fname| lname | sub|
> > testnum|score| grade|level
> > MLK School |John|Smith|RE|Test 1| 95| A | Prof| Test 2| 97|A|Prof|
> > Test 3|93|A|Prof|Test4|89|B|NP
>
> There are a number of CSV modules available on CPAN. I've only
> ever used Text::CSV::Slurp and the file was the standard (?)
> quoted-columns-comma-separated format. Regardless, if necessary,
> you should be able to configure your module of choice to parse
> whichever delimiters that you need.
>
> To critique your code:
>
> You should begin all programs with:
>
> use strict;
> use warnings;
I'd like to thank you for your detailed response. I saw the original code and
found it an overwhelming task at that point to reply to the original poster,
and so I didn't. Thanks for saving me a lot of work.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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