Hello. I'm pretty sure this can be a snap for perl. I have multiple files with the following types of text data from which I must iterate the data and expand the content into a new file. So, for example, here is a snippet of data (lines without parentheses address data and their associated city/state/zip should be ignored): turn this:

432 10TH ST APT (Range 2A - 2B)

BROOKLYN NY 10598-6601
 
432 10TH ST APT (Range 3A - 3B)

BROOKLYN NY 10598-6601

432 10TH ST APT (Range 4A - 4B)

BROOKLYN NY 10598-6605

432 10TH ST APT (Range 5A - 5D)

BROOKLYN NY 10598-6605

432 10TH ST APT 6A 

BROOKLYN NY 10598-6605

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into this: 
432 10TH ST, APT 2A, BROOKLYN NY 10598-6601
432 10TH ST, APT 2B, BROOKLYN NY 10598-6601
432 10TH ST, APT 3A, BROOKLYN NY 10598-6601
432 10TH ST, APT 3B, BROOKLYN NY 10598-6601
432 10TH ST, APT 4A, BROOKLYN NY 10598-6605
432 10TH ST, APT 4B, BROOKLYN NY 10598-6605
432 10TH ST, APT 5A, BROOKLYN NY 10598-6605
432 10TH ST, APT 5B, BROOKLYN NY 10598-6605
432 10TH ST, APT 5C, BROOKLYN NY 10598-6605
432 10TH ST, APT 5D, BROOKLYN NY 10598-6605

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In reply to Extract data from txt file by bulgin24

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