Dennis Warren wrote:
> Thanks Rob, that helps me.
>
> > What do you mean by 'awk loads better'?
> I mean that I know awk better than I know Perl.
> In this context 'loads' means 'a lot', rather than transfer into memory or
> any other such computerese.
Ah! Sorry - I guess I expected the other leam
d1, $Fld2) = split($FS, $_, );
push(@input,$Fld1);
push(@input2,$Fld2);
}
Dennis
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From: Rob Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 27 March 2003 12:37
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Splitting & slurping a text file into two arr
Hi Dennis.
Dennis Warren wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm a hopeless hacker of Perl, and I tend to think in AWK-ish ways, simply
> because I know awk loads better than Perl.
What do you mean by 'awk loads better'? Beware that my Unix isn't
especially strong!
> Awk has unfortunately taught me to thi
Hi everyone,
I'm a hopeless hacker of Perl, and I tend to think in AWK-ish ways, simply
because I know awk loads better than Perl.
Awk has unfortunately taught me to think purely in terms of fields...
If I have a text file where the field separator is a new line and the record
separator is a blan
Colin Johnstone said:
> I wish to slurp in a letter template in the form of a text file and
> substitute fields in the letter for variables that are input on my html
> form. I indicate in the text file where the substitution should take place
> by the use of a like in html.
>
>
> All I need is
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> > > I wish to slurp in a letter template in the form of a text file and
> > > substitute fields in the letter for variables that are input on my
html
> > > form. I indicate in the text file where
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Subject: re slurping a text file
my %var = ('FirstName'=>'John Doe',
'time' => '12:12:56',
'date' => '2002-12-12');
$line =~ s{<([^>]+)>} { exists( $va
my %var = ('FirstName'=>'John Doe',
'time' => '12:12:56',
'date' => '2002-12-12');
$line =~ s{<([^>]+)>} { exists( $var{$1} ) ? $var{$1} : "" }gsex;
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Gidday all,
I wish to slurp in a letter template in the form of a text file and
substitute fields in the letter for variables that are input on my html
form. I indicate in the text file where the substitution should take place
by the use of a like in html.
the Text file looks like this
Dear ,
