Re^2: Regex Parsing

Did not really have any code. Did not have a idea howto do it.
But after some more pondering:

my @array = (split/\n/, $data);

my $firstmatch = $array[3];
my $secondmatch = $array[4];
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But is this the best/fastes way. Got lots of files with this kind of data.

This happens over and over:

Open the file
split the records
parse this data 
insert it into db
close file
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Re^3: Regex Parsing by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Mar 28, 2005 at 13:55 UTC
I think you have an excellent solution using split and array access. There is no reason to use a regex when other solutions will work equally well. Often, a regex will be more complicated or more fragile. Now, there are some parsing problems that are better solved with a regex, but this isn't one of them. And, personally, I only use a regex when I cannot use other solutions. Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing. Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid. Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence. Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.	[reply]
Re^4: Regex Parsing by cog (Parson) on Mar 28, 2005 at 16:28 UTC
solution using split There is no reason to use a regex Technically speaking, a split uses a regex O:-)	[reply]