After playing with this for a few hours, I can see what a headache this is for you. : |
I did come up with a solution that isn't regex oriented, but I think it will work for all cases. It could probably be tightened a bit, although the regex way may be better in the end.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my $temp='';
my $flag=0;
print "Name\t\tPrependition\t\tWhatever\n";
while (<DATA>)
{
chomp;
my @line = split('\s+',$_);
for my $i(0..$#line){
if ((length($line[$i])<4)&&
($line[$i] =~ m/[A-Z][A-Z]+/o)){
$temp .= $line[$i];
$line[$i] = '*' if
+$flag;
$line[$i] = '' if !
+$flag;
$flag = 1;
$temp .= ' ';
}
}
$flag = 0;
for my $i(0..$#line){
print "$temp\t" if $line[$i] eq '';
print "$line[$i]\t" unless $line[$i] eq '*';;
}
print "\n";
$temp = '';
}
__DATA__
WINTER DE <A240>
ZANDEN VAN DER ŤAť
JENSEN 230
WOODHEAD <D>
BRINK 130,-
HEYDIER DEN <240>
SMITSER (4X115PJ)
LINDEN VAN DER
MOTEL GOLDEN LEEUW <A225>
Hope that helps!
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