perldoc -f split Will fic you up!
Dmuey > Hi Guys, > > I have an array in which each element is a line commandline > data. It looks something like this - > > @Array contains lines: > > post1: -r [EMAIL PROTECTED] -x cat-100 -h post1 > post2: -x tel -h post2 > post3: -h post3 -x hifi > > And so on. The order of the options varies, and there may or > may not be a > -r $arg on the line. > > These lines are parsed from a file with more lines, of which > I extracted all the lines with -h: > > open (F, "<$File"); > > while (<F>) { > if ($_ =~ / -h /) { > # remove crud > s/ \"\|//; > s/\/some\/crud\/path argument //; > s/\"$//; > # store what's left > push @Array, $_; > } > } > > What I really need to do is build a relationship between the > first field > (which is the same as the argument to -h) and the argument to > -x. The -x flag can be dropped, as they're not needed. > > So it looks like I need to build a hash based. > > But I can't can't grok how to parse each line out to do what > I need, then move on to the next line (all lines are > unrelated to each other). > > I've been using shift, but then I'm doing something like, > (psuedo code): > > if ($_[0] eq "-r") { $r = (shift);} > > but if sub 0 doesn't eq -r, and I shift until I get to -x, > say, and use that for the $x = (shift), how can I be > efficient to check again for -r, which I still haven't found? > > Is this making any sense? > > Thanks, > > deb > > > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > There are 010 types of people in the world: > those who understand binary, and those who don't. > τΏτ 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 (decimal) > ~ > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]