How do u sort a text file containing speech marks!

[tanveer91]

Hi all,

(Perl) I know how to split and print a text file using commas(,) as seperators.

My question is how can i split and then print a text file which contains speech marks?? e.g.

John Smith, 17, 30 Lee St, "Hobbies include football, basketball, tennis, etc"

YOUR HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED

 

[MikeLacey]

OK.

$_= 'John Smith, 17, 30 Lee St, "Hobbies include football, basketball, tennis, etc"'
/"/; # find the first quote
$before = $`; # contains everything before first "
$rest = $& . $'; # everything after that

($nm, $age, $addr) = split(/,/);
$comment = $rest;
Mike
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[tanveer91]

Thanks Mike,

Your code worked fine with a string, but how can i utilise it using an array??

for example, if i have the following text to split:-

John Smith, 17, 30 Lee St, "Hobbies include football, basketball, tennis, etc"
James Marsh, 21, 14 Elder Rd, "Hobbies include computers,
football,cricket, etc"
Tony Hobbs, 19, 54 Denmark Rd, "Hobbies include swimming, football, chess"

Cheers

 

[MikeLacey]

I presume that each line above is an element in your array, so:

foreach $_ (@array){
# my code above
} Mike
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