>Hi all, >I have a text file with columns, where the columns may not be aligned, >and not all lines may have data in all columns: > >header1 header2 header3 header4 >------------------------------------------------------------ >l1dat1 l1dat2 l1dat3 l1dat4 >l2dat1 l2dat4 >l3veryveryveryverylongdat1 l3dat2 > >As you can see, line1 has all data, line2 is missing clomuns 2 and 3, >line 3 is a mess :) > >Any thoughts on parsing such a "table"? >Please don't offer solutions suggesting to change the way the text >file is written, I have no control over that... > >Regards, >-- >Offer Kaye
How do you logically determine that "l2dat4" in line 2 is column 4 and not column 2?? Manav -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
