Hi Perlmonks,

I'm Patrick, this is my first post.

Here is my situation:

I have a txt file where I'm trying to extract "Significant Accounting Policies" (SAP) from a 10k. There usually is a number to the left of SAP.

I would like to take that number and make it a variable then add 1 to that variable to identify the following section so then I can end the collection of the SAP. For example, if the number in front of SAP is 3, I would extract 3, create a variable, add 1, and my new variable would be 4. The code would then identify that the following section is section 4 and I can end my extraction at the beginning of section 4.

Here is an example:

(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized at the time goods are sold and shipped.

(2) Long-term Debt

****

the number in front of SAP is not always the number 1 and the following item is not always long-term debt. 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#use strict;
# This program extracts data from an SEC filing, including chunks of t
+ext
use Benchmark;
#get the HTML-Format package from the package manager.
use HTML::Formatter;
#get the HTML-TREE from the package manager
use HTML::TreeBuilder;
use HTML::FormatText;
$startTime = new Benchmark;
   
#This program is written to obtain "Significant Accounting Policies" w
+hich are typically found in item 4/4 of the 10k

my $startstring='((^\s*?)Significant Accounting Policies\s\n)';
#Specify keywords/phrases you expect to find within the item (make sur
+e the words phrases are not also in the start or end string)
my $keywords='(estimates|Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board|Reven
+ue Recognition|generally accepted accounting principles|accruals|inve
+ntories|straight-line|)'; #horizontal line means alternative match if
+ not found
#Specify the end of the text you are looking for.

# Need to create a flexible end string that uses +1 the variable in fr
+ont of "SAP" 
my $endstring='((^\s*?)Item\s+(10)[\.\-]?[^\d]*?\n)';
my $direct="D:\\ExternalFiles\\Edgar\\tenks\\randomsort";

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In reply to Making a variable from a number in front of a string by porsche5k

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