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Re: Parsing Names in a Text File

by mothra (Hermit)
on Jun 15, 2001 at 20:08 UTC ( [id://88825]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Parsing Names in a Text File

Easy enough: 
open(CUST, "cust_info.txt");
while (<CUST>) { print ((split ('\|'))[1], "\n"); }

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Update: My apologies...even after reading the question twice before answering, I still missed what you were trying to do. :)
open(CUST, "cust_info.txt");
while (<CUST>) {
    $full_name = (split '\|')[1];
    $full_name =~ s/(\w)\w*\s+(.+$)/$1. $2/;
    print $full_name, "\n";
}

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is probably more what you're looking for.

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