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Posted by Andy on February 28, 2008, 1:54 pm
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> Andy wrote:
>
> > I am pretty new here, tyring to learn as I go.
>
> > I have a lil project I am trying to setup
>
> > Basically : below is a piece of the file
>
> > Has three fields Seperated by ~
>
> > 6081703039~1~My Own Company
> > 3081709039~1~DeweyCheetham&Howe
> > 9081710039~1~One Bad Firm
> > 2081757039~1~IRSUSUCK
> > 1082445039~1~
>
> > Basically I need the file to only show the Field that has all data
>
> > I am new so not sure if my syntax is correct
>
> > If field 3 is blank then don't show?
>
> > Can anyone help me write a Perl script to acocmplish this ?
>
> while ( <FH> ) {
> chomp;
> my @fields = split /~/, $_, -1;
>
> if ( 3 != @fields ) {
> warn "Error: should be 3 fields, record contains " . @fields .
> " fields instead.\n";
> next;
> }
>
> if ( 3 != grep length, @fields ) {
> warn "Error: one of the fields is empty.\n";
> next;
> }
> # Or, just the third field:
> unless ( length $fields[ 2 ] ) {
> warn "Error: the third field is empty.\n";
> next;
> }
>
> # process the data
> }
>
> John
> --
> Perl isn't a toolbox, but a small machine shop where you
> can special-order certain sorts of tools at low cost and
> in short order. -- Larry Wall
John
Thank you Very Much
I take it I have to turn around and
Add
!#/usr/bin/perl -w
Question How does the script know that I want it to Scrub a particular
file.
In this case the Above snippet is from a file called
msus.dat
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