Hi PerlMonks,

I'm trying to read in a 2-column file and print the contents in an organized manner. I tried using an array (see attached code) but I'm having some trouble making it work correctly. Any help with this would be incredibly appreciated! =)


Input data:
START
TIME: 3
ALT: 3.1
TEMP: 4.3
END

START
TIME: 2.6
ALT: 8
TEMP: 1
END

START
TIME: 6.1
ALT: 7.2
COLOR: 43

STRENGTH: 7

TEMP: 9.3
END


Desired output:
TIME: 3 ALT: 3.1 TEMP: 4.3
TIME: 2.6 ALT: 8 TEMP: 1
TIME: 6.1 ALT: 7.2 TEMP: 9.3 COLOR: 43 STRENGTH: 7


#!/usr/bin/perl



#perl -e 'while (<>){print if (/^START/../^END/);}' input.txt

use strict;

my @array;
open(my $fh, "<", "../temp/out2.asc")
    or die "Failed to open file: $!\n";

while(<$fh>) {
        if (/^START/../^END/){
    chomp;
    push @array, $_;



}
}
close $fh;

print join " ", @array;
print "\n";

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