For what it's worth, I have to agree with you, VSarkiss. Just looking at the input data immediately makes me think of code that looks something like this:

# ... file is opened in handle FH

my ($compname, $hdrdata, $tlrdata );
while (<FH>) {
  /^HDR(\w+)\s+(\w+)/ && do {
    $compname=$1;
    $hdrdata=$2;
    # handle a header
    next;
  };
  /^TLR(\d+)/ && do {
    $tlrdata=$1;
    # handle a trailer with number=$1
    next;
  };
  /^ADD(?:RANGE)?|DELETE(?:RANGE)?/ && do {
    my ($type,@range_data) = split /,/;
    my $comp_rec = pop @range_data;
    if ($comp_name eq $comp_rec ) {  # validate record
      # process type, range data, etc.
    }
    else {
      # error?
    }
    next;
  };

  # any other kind of line falls through here
  # error: ...
}

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Voila! Simplicity itself, no? Well, okay. Maybe not, but certainly straightforward.

dmm


You can give a man a fish and feed him for a day ...
Or, you can teach him to fish and feed him for a lifetime

In reply to Re(2): advice with Parse::RecDescent by dmmiller2k
in thread advice with Parse::RecDescent by demerphq

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