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actually I need to make it a little more intelligent than what I currently have as it assumes the fields are all there, and sometimes they are not, ie it might die at some point in my test script say at searchload, and next iteration would start a new row, what happens when I aggregate this is I get "rows" that don't actually line up with the others, munging my data in excel and freaking out my plans to put it into a db, so how would I account for this? I am guessing setting up a hash and testing for a complete row and if not a complete row then dump the data and move on to the next one, but I am just not sure how to do this as I am not that skilled, since the rows would kind of have a fixed field width testing for value in each field might help with this but again unsure how to do it. Thanks altBlue, I tried running your file but it doesn't run I get the following errors..string found where operator expected at filename.pl at end of line do you need to predeclare lane? bareword found where operator expected near input (missing operator before input?) string found where operator expect at filename.pl line 7 near "Logout" Login do you need to predeclare logout, syntax error at filename.pl line 1 next token ??? execution of filename.pl aborted due to compilation errors. do these switches not work in windows? I guess the lane statement are command line switches? L for label processing This option turns on line-ending processing. It can be used to set the output line terminator variable ($/) by specifying an octal value. See "Example: Using the -0 option" for an example of using octal numbers. If no octal number is specified, the output line terminator is set equal to the input line terminator (such as $\ = $/;). a -for This option must be used in conjunction with either the -n or -p option. Using the -a option will automatically feed input lines to the split function. The results of the split are placed into the @F variable. n- This option places a loop around your script. It will automatically read a line from the diamond operator and then execute the script. It is most often used with the -e option e- The option lets you specify a single line of code on the command line. This line of code will be executed in lieu of a script file. You can use multiple -e options to create a multiple line program-although given the probability of a typing mistake, I'd create a script file instead. Semi-colons must be used to end Perl statements just like a normal script.

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Re^3: parsing text files continued by AltBlue (Chaplain) on Jul 21, 2008 at 18:51 UTC
Hm, at first glance your reply sounds kinda messy, so, I guess providing some more details could help, still trying to avoid doing your homework at the same time (you know, the rules) ;-) First, let's drop some lines from your second record, so we could see what happens when fields are missing: 1/3/2007 12:20:01 AM Login,12.588309 SearchLoad,9.432586 SearchCount,20:0.196329 SearchResults,7.418672 SearchSave,3.616305 SearchDelete,2.066482 SearchDetails,6.873061 ClientAdd,0.784989 CMALoad,1.859894 CMASave,3.249620 CMADelete,0.450952 ClientDelete,0.305768 Logout,0.823402 1/3/2007 12:49:22 AM Login,10.958312 SearchCount,41:0.483233 Now let's rewrite my previous HoH solution and move the "key" (time stamp) inside the hash, using an AoH: `$ perl -MData::Dumper -F, -lane '@F % 2 and push @D, {q{Stamp},@F} or +$D[-1] = { %{$D[-1]}, @F } }{ print Dumper @D' input.txt` [download] $VAR1 = { 'Stamp' => '1/3/2007 12:20:01 AM', 'ClientAdd' => '0.784989', 'CMALoad' => '1.859894', 'SearchDelete' => '2.066482', 'CMASave' => '3.249620', 'CMADelete' => '0.450952', 'Login' => '12.588309', 'ClientDelete' => '0.305768', 'SearchCount' => '20:0.196329', 'SearchDetails' => '6.873061', 'Logout' => '0.823402', 'SearchResults' => '7.418672', 'SearchSave' => '3.616305', 'SearchLoad' => '9.432586' }; $VAR2 = { 'Stamp' => '1/3/2007 12:49:22 AM', 'Login' => '10.958312', 'SearchCount' => '41:0.483233' }; And now, let's print the fields we need from this data as CSV. `$ perl -F, -lane '@F % 2 and push @D, {q{Stamp},@F} or $D[-1] = { %{$D +[-1]}, @F } }{ $,=","; print @{$_}{qw(Stamp Login SearchResults Searc +hLoad SearchCount Logout)} for @D' input.txt` [download] 1/3/2007 12:20:01 AM,12.588309,7.418672,9.432586,20:0.196329,0.823402 1/3/2007 12:49:22 AM,10.958312,,,41:0.483233, As you may notice, the values that are missing from any records generate empty fields, which should be just fine for CSV Obviously, this lazy toy will trigger "undefined" warnings, but I'm sure you'll know how to handle them in your real/production code. ;-) My apologies if this code looked too messy for you, I'll try adding some spoilers... <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> Finally, I have to warn you again: DON'T use this code in production, this is just a proof of concept :) 'HTH -- altblue.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: parsing text files continued by grashoper (Monk) on Jul 31, 2008 at 19:55 UTC
I see you ran this from the command line didn't you, I tried as a seperate script initially I just tried typing it all in now I am down to one error unable to find string terminator but I am not sure where the problem is, I am really impressed with your example though, I wish I had as deep an understanding and command of the language as you possess. :) my error is can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before eof at -e line 1 Doh single versus double quotes.. ok now it does run but all it outputs is 6 followed by 9 comma's then 7 followed by 9 comma's I don't understand why its not showing all of it.	[reply]
Re^5: parsing text files continued by AltBlue (Chaplain) on Aug 01, 2008 at 01:57 UTC
Ok, I guess you are in a Microsoft environment. Let's test using Strawberry Perl 5.10.0.1 under Microsoft Windows XP SP3: `C:\> perl -F, -lane "@F % 2 and push @D, {q{Stamp},@F} or $D[-1] = { % +{$D[-1] }, @F } }{ $,=q{,}; print @{$_}{qw(Stamp Login SearchResults +SearchLoad SearchCount Logout)} for @D" input.txt 1/3/2007 12:20:01 AM,12.588309,7.418672,9.432586,20:0.196329,0.823402 1/3/2007 12:49:22 AM,10.958312,,,41:0.483233,` [download] Seems to work as expected, so I think you made some typo when trying to comply with Gate's rules.	[reply] [d/l]


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