Re: how to append blocks in same file

Aditi Gupta wrote: On 6/23/05, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Aditi Gupta wrote: I have a file as follows: #block1 aaa aaa #block2 bbb bbb #block3 ccc ccc and i want to append(or i should say merge) these blocks and get a file like this: aaabbbccc aaabbbccc how can this be

Re: how to append blocks in same file

hello everybody, first of all i'd like to thank all of you for your time and help.. but i'm still stuck!! The code which Dave sent: my @blocks = (); my $maxlen = 0; while () { chomp; if (/^#/) { push @blocks, []; } elsif ($_) { push @{$blocks[$#blocks]}, $_; my $len = $#{$blocks[$#blocks]}; $ma

Re: how to append blocks in same file

Aditi Gupta wrote: Hi Perlers, Hello, I have a file as follows: #block1 aaa aaa #block2 bbb bbb #block3 ccc ccc and i want to append(or i should say merge) these blocks and get a file like this: aaabbbccc aaabbbccc how can this be done using perl? please help.. $ echo " aaa aaa bb

Re: how to append blocks in same file

> and i want to append(or i should say merge) these blocks and get a > file like this: > aaabbbccc > aaabbbccc I've asked the same question some time ago, check this out: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/perl.beginners/browse_thread/thread/4f28012f744d10e0/7638b6eb94a626d2?q=edward+wijaya+g

Re: how to append blocks in same file

On 6/22/05, Dan Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Using a hash of arrays will not necessarily preserve the order... > > If you don't want to worry about sorting the order of the blocks i.e. > doing it yourself then use Tie::IXhash (something like that on CPAN) to > preserve the order, you th

Re: how to append blocks in same file

> Using a hash of arrays will not necessarily preserve the order... If you don't want to worry about sorting the order of the blocks i.e. doing it yourself then use Tie::IXhash (something like that on CPAN) to preserve the order, you then don't have to worry about unbalanced blocks and reassembly

Re: how to append blocks in same file

On 6/22/05, Aditi Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since i'm using activestate perl on windows xp i don't know whether paste > will work or not. > I'll try the hash of array. Using a hash of arrays will not necessarily preserve the order. Below is the start of an array of arrays solution. I'll l

Re: how to append blocks in same file

HI Dan, Since i'm using activestate perl on windows xp i don't know whether paste will work or not. I'll try the hash of array. Thanks for the help regards Aditi. On 6/22/05, Dan Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I was doing this I would split the file on the gaps between blocks > and

Re: how to append blocks in same file

Hi all, I know the terms of the list.. and before this i have always written a code and asked for a doubt if it doesn't work... but this time i'm not aware of any way to do the job.. thats why i asked to help me out, I haven't asked for any code, just hints what can be used. I'm sorry if i gave

RE: how to append blocks in same file

If I was doing this I would split the file on the gaps between blocks and the use the unix paste function to assemble the blocks. &> paste A B C > D ? using a hash of arrays (HOA) to store each block and then go back over the HOA each element at a time ... although this is probably overkill? On

RE: how to append blocks in same file

Aditi Gupta wrote: > Hi Perlers, > > I have a file as follows: > > #block1 > aaa > aaa > > #block2 > bbb > bbb > > #block3 > ccc > ccc > > and i want to append(or i should say merge) these blocks and get a > file like this: > > aaabbbccc > aaabbbccc > > how can this be done using perl? > ple