Finding blank lines

[Loon]

Hello again. <br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I've got a file full of text which I need to split up on blank lines, e.g. a \n at the begining of the line. Hence I have been using:<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace>while(&lt;INF&gt<br>{<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if (/^\n/)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#blank line code<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;else<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;#code to handle other lines<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<br>}</font><br><br>I've also tried:<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace>@sections_of_text = split(/^\n/,$all_lines_of_text);</font><br><br>But neither seems to work, does the ^ need escaping within either of these expressions?<br><br>Many thanks for any help!<br>Loon

 

[AndyBo]

You're nearly there...&nbsp;&nbsp;Try changing the regexp so that it looks like:<br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>if (/^$/) {<br>...<br></font><br>In other words, look for lines with a beginning and an end, and nothing in between. <br> <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>--<br>
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[Loon]

Of course! I'm sure I read that just the other day somewhere... DOH!<br><br>Thanks for speedy response AndyBo!<br><br>Loon

 

[Guest_imported]

You can use : <br>if ( /^$/ ) { <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# hadle blank lines here <br>}<br>else {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;# handle none blank lines here<br>}<br><br>* Remember : blank line is line with no white spaces in it. only newline <br>&nbsp;charavter ! <br>Alon <br><br><br>

 

[MikeLacey]

/^\s*$/ would match non-blank lines with only whitespace characters<br> <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

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