I have a text file of the form: Filename1 Item1 - Answer Filename1 Item2 - Answer .... Filename1000 Item1 - Answer I am trying to create an individual HTML file with a table for each item for each file. Obviously I need a loop. However, I am unsure how to read and ignore the repetitive format of the file in which Filename1 occurs on every single line item related to Filename1, etc. I need to know the filename because whenever, I encounter a new filename, it is time to save the existing HTML file and begin a new table for the next file's items. I don't want a table with the filename in each row so I want to ignore it after the first occurrence. However, I need to keep reading because I need the Item value from each line. Any suggestions on how to handle this? Thanks so much!

In reply to How to ignore and retrieve certain values from text file which is to be split into multiple HTML files with tables? by perly_white

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.