Re^3: Extract Paragraph From Text

In the code posted, the record separator ($/) is set to "". The paragraphs are separated by a blank line, i.e. a line containing no characters between its start and end. The code works as posted.

If you are using the same code and your result is a single block of text, then the paragraphs are not separated by empty lines, on your test setup.

Are you testing with the exact code you posted here? Or is the input data in a file, and you copied it into your code to post here? What happens if you copy and run the code from your OP, using copy/paste from the raw ("download") link?

Bottom line: the text you are processing must have its paragraphs separated by something other than a blank line.

The way forward always starts with a minimal test.

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Re^4: Extract Paragraph From Text by perlbeginneraaa (Novice) on Sep 08, 2015 at 15:37 UTC
Hi 1nickt, Thanks for your reply! What I am really trying to do is to parse a batch of text files. In each file, I want to get each paragraph separately and do analysis within each paragraph. The code posted here is just an example. When I copy and paste the text from the original text file and execute the code, I got the whole text back instead of each separately. If the text I have does not separate paragraphs by blank lines, can I still get separately paragraphs? Best Regards	[reply]
Re^5: Extract Paragraph From Text by 1nickt (Canon) on Sep 08, 2015 at 15:50 UTC
Of course. But you'll need to use the right separator. And I was suggesting pasting and testing the code from your original post here, since several monks have reported that it works. The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply]