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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting how to differentiate columns of a file in perl with no specific delimiter Post 302214127 by Amiya Rath on Saturday 12th of July 2008 06:23:57 AM
Old 07-12-2008
how to differentiate columns of a file in perl with no specific delimiter
Hi everybody,
This time I am having one issue in perl.
I have to create comma separated file using the following type of information. The problem is the columns do not have any specific delimiter. So while using split I am getting different value. Some where it is space(S) and some where it is tab(s). in some cases I do not have values under some specific column and these are also filled with tab(s) and /or space(s).
Revsn: Date Who SID Description of Modification
09-Jul-01 Amiya 01-04Jul01 add setdescriptor shortcuts
02-Aug-99 RathA chk include 1st line
remove per VandJ
06-Jan-98 DasP data obsolete...
02-Jul-97 Gupts add DDMM for completeness

I want my output as
09-Jul-01, Amiya,01-04Jul01, add setdescriptor shortcuts
02-Aug-99,RathA,----, chk include 1st line remove VandJ (If line has only description, add to prev line)
06-Jan-98, DasP,----,data obsolete...
02-Jul-97, Gupts,----, add DDMM for completeness
Thanks in advance....
 

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SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

       mdb-tables is a utility program distributed with MDB Tools.

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OPTIONS

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NOTES

ENVIRONMENT

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HISTORY

       mdb-tables first appeared in MDB Tools 0.3.

SEE ALSO

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AUTHORS

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BUGS

       Access allows for tables to have spaces embeded in the table name.
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