Perl and files

[bmc123]

Hi

I'm new to perl and i'm rtying to read in a ile on one format and out put in another. the file is in fixed width format.
Can anyone point me in the right direction, as it stands i am able to read in the file and output it to a new file with no changes.



thnaks in advance

 

[1DMF]

if it's fixed widths then simply use the substr to get the data between set positions.

my $txt = "field1 field2 field3 ";

the above is set @ 10 char positions so...

my $field1 = substr($txt,0,9);
my $field2 = substr($txt,10,19);
my $field3 = substr($txt,20,29);

to put this into a file perspective as you require try this link...

http://www.devdaily.com/perl/edu/articles/pl010016/

"In complete darkness we are all the same, only our knowledge and wisdom separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

 

[KevinADC]

bmc123,

show the code you have been using.

 

[bmc123]

got it working

thanks for your help


B

 

[pmking]

bmc123

Can you please show the results of your code?