Re: Elegant sequencing

> I don't claim to be a master, but you can do something along the lines of: > > $range = '4.3:8.3'; > $range =~ /(\d+).(\d+).(\d+).\2/ and print map "$_.$2 ", $1 .. $3; > > Since it appears you require that the fractional part be the same for both > ends of the range

Re: Elegant sequencing

On 8/29/2004 2:36 AM, Bryan Harris wrote: I don't claim to be a master, but you can do something along the lines of: $range = '4.3:8.3'; $range =~ /(\d+).(\d+).(\d+).\2/ and print map "$_.$2 ", $1 .. $3; Since it appears you require that the fractional part be the same for both ends of the range,

Re: how add something in MySQL what is not activated immediately

Make another field in DB and call it "active" or something. Set it by default to "0". Then you will activate it by setting active="1" for that record. Sergei. "Maxipoint Rep Office" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > this is good idea, but in some cases I must have m

Re: Regular expression generator/creator

From: Philipp Traeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You're right - the problem I'm trying to solve is quite restricted - > and I'm very thankful for this ;-) Basically, I'm trying to write an > application that "recognizes" log file formats, so that the following > lines are identified as several manifesta

Re: Regular expression generator/creator

From: Philipp Traeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm facing a roughly similar problem at the moment, and I was planning > on using String::Compare or something like it for comparing strings > char by char. Taking a first glance at the code, it doesn't look too > hard to modify it in a way that it return

Merging lines in a file

Hi, I had the following task: Open a file, read it and merge all pairs of lines containing a certain number of tabs. Example: Blablabla abc cab bca 123 453 756 Blablabla Blablabla Here, lines 2 and three should be merged, while the other lines should remain untouched. Expected result: Blablab

Re: Merging lines in a file

Jan Eden wrote: I had the following task: Open a file, read it and merge all pairs of lines containing a certain number of tabs. Example: Blablabla abc cab bca 123 453 756 Blablabla Blablabla Here, lines 2 and three should be merged, while the other lines should remain untouched. Expected result: B

Re: Merging lines in a file

Jan Eden wrote: Hi, Hello, I had the following task: Open a file, read it and merge all pairs of lines containing a certain number of tabs. Example: Blablabla abc cab bca 123 453 756 Blablabla Blablabla Here, lines 2 and three should be merged, while the other lines should remain untouched. Expec

RE: Merging lines in a file

Jan Eden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : I had the following task: Open a file, read it and merge all : pairs of lines containing a certain number of tabs. Example: : : Blablabla : abc cab bca : 123 453 756 : Blablabla : Blablabla : : Here, lines 2 and three should be merged, while the other : line

Re: Merging lines in a file

Jan Eden wrote: Hi, Hello again, I had the following task: Open a file, read it and merge all pairs of lines containing a certain number of tabs. Example: Blablabla abc cab bca 123 453 756 Blablabla Blablabla Here, lines 2 and three should be merged, while the other lines should remain untouched.

How add 8 hours to a time variable

Hi, I'm a newbie to Perl, see if anyone of you can kindly help? How should I add 8 hours to a date-time variable that's keeping the unix time? Thanks, CHAN

Function to escape special characters

Hi, See if anyone out there can help again. Is there a Perl function for escape special characters in a variable easily? So I don't need to use s/../... explicitly for each of them? Thanks, Yw

RE: Function to escape special characters

Yw Chan ( Cai Lun e-Business ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : Hi, : : See if anyone out there can help again. : : Is there a Perl function for escape special characters in : a variable easily? So I don't need to use s/../... : explicitly for each of them? Which special characters are you refer

Re: How add 8 hours to a time variable

Yw Chan ) wrote: > How should I add 8 hours to a date-time variable that's keeping the > unix time? $var + 8 * 60 * 60 Depending on format, you may need to parse the string first, using for instance the Date::Parse module. -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson Email: http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl

Re: Function to escape special characters

Yw Chan ) wrote: > Is there a Perl function for escape special characters in a > variable easily? Yes. You are supposed to look it up in "perldoc perlfunc" yourself rather than asking others to do so for you. -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson Email: http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl -- To unsubscri

RE: Merging lines in a file

Hi, thanks for all the suggestions. I originally tried to avoid slurping the whole file into memory, but got stuck using the $. variable to address a line and the one following it. Thanks John and Gunnar for pointing me to the right direction, and thanks to Charles for his extensive comments.