Re: how to parse blank-line-separated records

2003-09-16 Thread David T-G
Bob, et al -- ...and then Bob Showalter said... % % David T-G wrote: % > % > suddenly occurred to me that I could probably change my % > record separator % > from \n to \n\n (a blank line) and grab the whole record that way. % % Yes, or set $/ = '' to get "paragraph" mode. That's a little more

RE: how to parse blank-line-separated records

2003-09-15 Thread Bob Showalter
David T-G wrote: > Hi, all -- > > I'm wrestling with a data file containing owners and contact > info and it > suddenly occurred to me that I could probably change my > record separator > from \n to \n\n (a blank line) and grab the whole record that way. Yes, or set $/ = '' to get "paragraph" mod